(Okay, so I'm taking a break from writing my last paper of the semester. I'm over half finished, but I would like to finish early so I have time to really study for the exam in that class too. The exam's on Monday evening, and the paper's due then too. I don't really like having 100% of my grade for a course all due on the same day, but that's the way it goes....)
Anyway, I think I finally figured out what I want to do when I grow up. I want to work for one of the major paperback book companies and decide what pictures or paintings should go on the covers of books. Typically, the covers of the books don't go at all with the stories; sometimes they're downright misleading. I think it would be fun to read books for a living and then sort through hundreds, even thousands, of pictures trying to find just the right one to go with a certain story. Yep, that's what I want to do with my life. Does anyone know of a major book company that's looking for someone to fill that position (whatever it would be called)? Oh, by the way, I'm not interested in writing the blurbs for the back of the books. Just plain not interested....
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Wow, knowing what you want to be when you grow up.........even if you don't know what its called......
Exciting. lt
So what book caused this tangent?
Oh, this tangent wasn't caused by any particular book.... Recently, in my Victorian novel class, we've been comparing different editions of texts and discussing the ways books are marketed. (This is the same class that has prompted my recent trips to the art museum.) Anyway, it's been interesting to see the various paintings and pictures that get put on covers of different editions of the same book. Sometimes the pictures fit the story, and sometimes they don't. So I was thinking...wouldn't it be fun to be the person that picks which pictures go with the which stories....
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