I bet y’all thought I forgot about this. It’s been sometime since I asked for your help thinking of some sort of school/activity/career for my main character, Jamie, in my current WIP. I didn’t forget…I was just editing Restoring Harmony. I’ll be starting line edits and then copyedits sooner rather than later too, so I doubt I’ll get back to Jamie for a while, but I did want to get back to you all.
First, thanks so much for the great responses! Some of them came via email, some via comments. Here are a few of the suggestions (not all, some are in the comment section, come came via other email addresses, so while I have them I’m not going to list everything here) that a person could do after finishing high school:
Tree technician, musical instrument builder, massage therapist, Animal Welfare Program, internet business, Katimavic (kind of like AmeriCorps, but here in Canada), AmeriCorps, photography, dog training, luthier, dog grooming…
And the winner is…well…me. The truth is, that right after I posted that, I came up with an idea that would work really well. However, your answers were all so interesting and exciting (and inspiring), that I left the post up just to see what y’all could come up with and what I might use in another book.
Postage is very expensive in Canada, but later this summer, I will be traveling to the U.S. If you made a comment or sent me a suggestion via email and you would like an ARC, email me your address and when I travel to the US, I’ll send you one. Include what genre you like and I’ll even try and find one for you that appeals to your interest (chick lit, fantasy, scary, etc.). This is only for people who commented on this topic prior to today.
Thanks for all your wonderful suggestions and I hope to use a bunch of them someday!
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