I have no idea what age exactly I was when my decision to be a writer was fully set in stone, but my use of my sixth grade year to handwrite an entire novel in my spare time is a good possibility.
Ever since then, I’ve pretty firmly known what I wanted to do. Writing was the perfect meeting of life spheres for me: I was great at math, but I hated it; I enjoyed biology, but was no good at it. But writing was something at which I both excelled and consistently enjoyed. Of course, there came a point at which I became aware that living off of my middle school Tolkien ripoff might not be very realistic; and at that point I had to face the very real question of how exactly I would make a living if I planned on pursuing my love of writing. And, thank God, I found myself blessed enough to live in a world where writers have no shortage of options.
So, before I even started at Auburn, I had a small array of possible career choices lined up for my future that would allow me to fully apply my greatest strength and passion. Of course, good writing alone does not a good employee make; and as such, my membership in the Auburn University Marching Band has been absolutely essential. Being an AUMB member has required skills like time management, teamwork, extreme focus, and general responsibility of the utmost quality.
Currently, as I begin my writing career at WebFX, I bring my passion for creativity together with my strong professional writing voice to create quality web content in every assignment. Through this position, I hope to make my work, and with it WebFX, the absolute best that it can possibly be--and then, perhaps, look into getting that clearly spectacular sixth-grade book published on the side.
AKA/Misspellings: Matt Gibbons, Matthew Givens