I work at an advertising agency. My mom died. I have a golden retriever dog.  I like hiking with my dog. My favorite color is blue. I haven't been to any signings. I enjoy reading and writing lots of fiction. I have been writing since I was 17.
I collect authors autographs. My mom works at a library.  My favorite color is green. I need to exercise.  I like to read and go to author signings. I went to a David Mitchell signing and I liked it. I really enjoyed his book "cloud atlas" but it's not my favorite. I love reading but i'm not a writer. I am trying to get a job with a publishing company. I do not have any publishing experience.
I know of someone who could help you get your foot in the publishing world. Would you like me to send this person your contact info? Sure! I will always take any help I can get! Thanks for the offer by the way! I wish i could help you with something in return. No worries! I am happy to help, sometimes it can be really hard to get into certain industries, I have heard it can be really difficult to get into publishing, there is a lot of saturation there. That is so true.  A big problem I am facing is my lack of experience but how do I get experience without a job?  Haha yea, I've always hated that paradox, it never made much sense to me. I suppose there are internships, but not everyone can afford to work without pay. So, I hope this connection works out. Have you tried sending out some resumes previously? I sent out a few but got nothing back from them. This time I am much more determined. This is my dream job and I intend to get it!  Speaking of dream jobs, how is yours going? Work's been pretty great lately. I enjoy the work, which always makes the job easier. I do hope you get your dream job. What part of publishing draws you to it the most? I think it's getting to pick the books that the public should read. So many books out there are just worthless in my opinion and so many good books are dropped by the wayside.  I want to make a difference. Yea I often wonder about the ones that never make it print, how many great stories are out there that will never see the light of day? At least now people have options to self-publish, but those authors can't really compete with large publishing houses. You're right about that.  I think customers pay more attention to publisher names than they let on.  It's like buying an unknown branded food and a well known branded food. Yea it's about the desire to take risk, sometimes its safer to stick with what you know. But it can get boring that way! I hope you get the job, you can let me know some great titles that will be coming out. I will!  I just thought of something. In a way we would both have control. You have control with your job and I would with mine!