Using Magazine Writing as a Launch Pad
Being a magazine writer has many benefits, but one of the best is the ability to change your job whenever you see fit. Had enough of writing for gardening magazines? Maybe you'd like to try querying a marine science magazine instead. You can learn as much as you'd like about whatever subjects you fancy at any given time, changing your subject matter wherever and whenever the mood strikes.
If you take the same approach to your writing business in general, then you will soon see that you can change your overall job whenever you see fit, as well. You don't have to be just a writer (though that's a darn good thing to be). If you want to, you can also learn to be an editor, an illustrator, a consultant, and more.
Using your magazine-writing business as a launch pad for other forms of work can be both personally and financially fulfilling. The more tasks you can choose among on a daily basis, the less likely you are to feel bored — and the more likely you are to have multiple streams of revenue.
Perhaps one of the easiest skills to add to your repertoire nowadays is photography. You don't need to be Ansel Adams to make a few extra bucks by taking pictures, and you can have a heck of a lot of fun playing with modern digital equipment.
