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“So, what do you do?”

// July 9th, 2010 // Work at Home

I just got back from Hot Husband’s 20-year (gulp) reunion, which actually turned out to be pretty fun.  While we were there, I was frequently asked what I do for a living.  This was really the first time I had to try to come up with an answer other than “I’m a teacher” or “I’m a librarian.”  Strangely, I was never sure how to answer the question.  Here are some answers I tried out:

• I was a librarian but I just quit to stay home.  (Fail.)
• I’m a work-at-home mom. (This just delays the question a bit while I try to formulate what I do.)
• I’m a freelance copywriter. (This seems to work fairly well, but it confuses a lot of people who think I’m a copyrighter or who just have no idea what a copywriter actually does.)
• I’m a writer. (Then everyone thinks I’m a novelist, which is way cool for about 15 seconds until they realize I write blogs and pamphlets and brochures and other such exciting stuff).
• I’m a professional blogger. (Huh?  People think I’m totally making up that such a job exists.  By the time I explain, we’re all bored and confused.)

I think I’ll stick with the “freelance copywriter” bit unless I come up with something more intriguing.  In the meantime, here is an example of what I do as a professional blogger (Seriously.  I’m not making it up.).

One of my very favorite gigs right  now is blogging for SeenOnTV Express.  SeenOnTVExpress.com is an As Seen on TV store where you can find hundreds of TV infomercial products.  I write many of the product descriptions for the site, which is pretty entertaining, but has the definite drawback of making me think I need everything.  Everything.  Including this Cricut Expression, so I can–you know–make stuff, even though I am what experts call “Not Crafty.”  Even though I have fun writing the product descriptions (“But wait–There’s MORE.”), my favorite part of the job is definitely the blogging.

Each week, I write an article in a series called “Way Back Wednesday.”  This series takes a look back at infomercial products gone by–like the Thighmaster or the FlowBee.  Conducting “research” by watching old infomercials is a hoot.  I can only hope I entertain the readers as much as I entertain myself when I write these Way Back Wednesday posts.  If you want to see what it is that I do, head over to the SeenOnTV Express blog and check me out!

While you’re there, pick up a little something for yourself.  You know you’re dying for an Ab Rocket.