I'm an extremely curious person.  I want to know stuff.  I crave new knowledge.  This makes freelance writing the perfect profession for me.  Writing gives me the opportunity to research topics, develop article ideas, and to cram my brain chock full of information.  It also makes me insanely difficult to beat at Trivial Pursuit.

When I hear about something new, I'm not satisfied with just a news blurb or a quick sound bite.  Instead, I want to dig into the topic in depth.  And then, once I know what I now know, I want to write about it so that others can be filled with the same wonder of discovery that I have.

I am blessed to be living in the information age.  With the Internet, I have access to tremendous amounts of knowledge, which feeds my addiction to new information.  I am also an insatiable reader.  I love seeing how other people put what they know, see, think and feel into words.  As a child, I spent hours in the library.  Now they see me coming at Amazon.com and Borders, and they start to rub their hands in glee.

Words and knowledge go hand-in-hand.  Writing and curiosity are a match made in heaven.  And I am thoroughly blessed to have not only the insatiable desire to learn, but also the gift to communicate what I know.  The way I see it, that makes me one of the lucky ones.

The life of a freelance writer is never dull.  At any given moment, I could have several projects going - such as writing a book on job hunting, editing a World of Warcraft Manual, writing a hypnotherapy website, interviewing a world-renowned UFOlogist, creating sports psychology workbooks and writing an article on spirit photography.  All at once.

I like it that way.  It keeps my mind active and involved.  I have the opportunity to discover updated information on topics that interest me.  Sometimes, I get to learn about new topics.  I become an instant expert.

Even better - there is something inside of me that thrives on the challenge of keeping all of the balls in the air.  And the subtle pressure of putting out a quality product within a deadline.  I love it.  I thrive on it.  It is a big part of who I am.  I can't imagine it any other way.