If I'm not writing I'm thinking about writing and and much as it pains me to admit it (shame) sometimes I read the dictionary just to learn new, obscure words that no sane person would ever use in conversation. My screensaver has a new word floating across it every day - anyhow, you get the point.
So journalism was a natural progression after I left university. However, I was lured by the dark side and began my career as an advertising copywriter with News Limited (gasp!). I sat on the dark side of a company that housed many serious light-side professionals.
I was determined to see this light side. Was it truly as glorious as it sounded - all bright, shiny and full of nobel causes? So I left my post to begin sub-editing and eventually I was writing features for magazines. All of a sudden I had seen the light.
....I'd like to say I lived happily ever after. But sometimes I do still dabble in the dark side just for the thrill of it.
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Haley's features have been published in Madison, Practical Parenting, Good Health and My Child magazines. She's a full-time mum to two small children and a part-time freelance feature writer. See the Portfolio page for a sample of her published work.
