Rebekah Crozier
Comedy writers don't need therapy; they just need a good editor to help them work through their issues - Kimberly Avery
Written by Rebekah Crozier
About six months ago, I was sitting in my dorm room on the phone with one Kim Avery. This was an unexpected phone call, as I had not seen Kim (or Mrs. Kim, as I’ve called her since the 7th grade) since my high school graduation. It was during this phone call that she told me about her writing and her Substack blog and her desperate need for a reliable editor. Hence, my introduction to editing Mrs. Kim’s hilarious, satirical stories. You can imagine my excitement when she told me in January that her stories were going to be published!
I love editing and always have. Really, I love anything that has to do with words – reading, writing, listening, storytelling. But editing holds a special place in my heart. I see editing as a puzzle; I love looking at words and deciding how best they fit together. I love grammar and clarity and flawless sentences. Any chance to edit, I will always take. And editing for Kim is fun – her stories always make me laugh!
Other than editing for Midlife Madness, I write and edit daily in my studies and work. I attend Samford University in Birmingham, where I have a double major in English and Journalism/Mass Communications. Not only am I constantly writing essays and stories for class, but I have also worked for my school’s student-run newspaper for almost three years. During my sophomore year, I worked as the paper’s News Editor, where I edited and designed the news section of the paper. Last semester, I was the paper’s Editor-in-Chief, a job with lots of responsibilities but that I enjoyed immensely.
Now that I’m a junior in college, the question that I get asked at least once a week is: What are you going to do after graduation? I’ll be graduating in the spring of 2024, so I understand that this is a valid question to ask. My answer? I have no idea. And I’ve learned that that’s okay. I’ve realized that God is teaching me to trust Him with my future right now, and if that means I don’t have an answer to the above question, that is okay.
However, I do know that any future career or ministry position I may have will include words, whether through writing, editing, journalism or digital storytelling. I am grateful to God for the gifts He has given me and the doors He has opened for me to use those gifts, including editing for the incredible Kim Avery and her Midlife Madness blog!
