Revised Resumé

You guys, I apologize. Until I reread last night's entry "Resumé" and some of the replies, I swear to God I didn't realize how strongly it came off as fishing for compliments of "Oh, but Poppy, you can write!" Thank you. I don't dispute that. Not that I think everything I've written is wonderful, but as far as one can objectively demonstrate an ability to write well, I think I've done so. Whether I can write right now -- as in just sitting down and banging it out (and please, please, please don't comment with any variation of "Of course you can!") -- and whether I can produce work that publishers want to buy are separate questions, but yeah, I know I can write. The problem* is that for about four years now I've wanted absolutely nothing to do with any aspect of professional writing or publishing, and I can't really explain why because whenever anybody tries to make me talk about it, I stick my fingers in my ears and go "LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEEEEEEAAAAAAAR YOU!!!"

So yeah, I wasn't really looking for a new career, or a job, or even really a new purpose in life. I was just kind of poking fun at my "resumé," which really is pretty thin in the area of doing anything practical in the world.

*I don't actually feel this is a tremendous problem in my life, though some others do. I meant the problem with, you know, going back to my old career/life/self-definition.