Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on
The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of
Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and
Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses
Twitter.
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This is the point where I go “Waaaaaait a minute, you mean there’s a job for what I do that has FEDERAL HEALTH BENEFITS?” I die.
All these years, I thought that freelancing was the way to untold riches for former English majors. Ah, crud, I’m in too deep to change direction now.
The other think I simply loved about that article was the use of the word “demanding.” I couldn’t help myself, I just had to vent.
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