Meet Jacquelyn Lynn | Introduction
I Couldn’t be an Elephant, so I Became a Writer
When you love what you do, it’s still work — but it’s awesome work!
When I was little, I wanted to grow up to be an elephant.
I loved those majestic creatures and didn’t understand why I couldn’t be one. I don’t recall the moment when I accepted that I couldn’t grow into another species (it must not have been terribly traumatic). Nor do I recall exactly when I realized that I wanted to be what I would eventually become: a writer.
It wasn’t a direct path.
After high school, I went to finishing school. Then joined the Army (yeah, I believed the recruiter who told me I’d have a private room in basic training). That was followed by a few years in miscellaneous jobs before I landed in the transportation industry, where I spent 10 years working for air and motor freight companies.
It was fun. It was interesting. It paid well.
It was not what I wanted to do.
