Guest post by: Nadia Jones
I went into college as an English major on a research scholarship, but quickly became disillusioned with the tedium of literary criticism. I drifted away to other electives, thinking maybe I’d switch majors, when by chance I was accepted in a fiction workshop.
The experience changed my life: here I am, sitting at this desk, writing for a living today.
So what did I learn in the literary demimonde that apply to the working world? Here are a few chestnuts: