Hmm—was that the post where I linked to the This Crazy Industry post about becoming an editor?
I took a weird route, just like everyone else. I majored in graphic design, but I hated doing corporate-type work and loved doing books. I couldn't find a decent job, either, so I started a publishing program at another university—more for interest, since I'd always been a bit of a language geek. Before my first course was finished, I'd landed a job through the program mailing list as a typesetter for an educational publisher. That lasted almost a year, and then I got laid off. I got a not-horrible severance package and unemployment insurance, which gave me time to do an internship with a publishing association, and before that time was up, the company where one of my friends worked was desperately in need of a graphic designer. They figured out that I was a decent editor too, and so now I get to do both.
In terms of what route you should take? It depends on a number of things. Are there good publishing programs where you are? Can you afford to take on an internship? Is there an editors' association in your city? There isn't one right way to do it, and for most people it involves a bit of poverty, but if one is interested enough, one can almost always manage it.
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I took a weird route, just like everyone else. I majored in graphic design, but I hated doing corporate-type work and loved doing books. I couldn't find a decent job, either, so I started a publishing program at another university—more for interest, since I'd always been a bit of a language geek. Before my first course was finished, I'd landed a job through the program mailing list as a typesetter for an educational publisher. That lasted almost a year, and then I got laid off. I got a not-horrible severance package and unemployment insurance, which gave me time to do an internship with a publishing association, and before that time was up, the company where one of my friends worked was desperately in need of a graphic designer. They figured out that I was a decent editor too, and so now I get to do both.
In terms of what route you should take? It depends on a number of things. Are there good publishing programs where you are? Can you afford to take on an internship? Is there an editors' association in your city? There isn't one right way to do it, and for most people it involves a bit of poverty, but if one is interested enough, one can almost always manage it.
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No, it was actually the intro post. I saw that you were a designer and editor. Thanks so much for the help! I'll look into this stuff.