{un-shutting up for the moment}
Actually, I'm just a free-lancer. Yes, I do have a few published books, and yes I do get paid for some of the things I do. I am not a professional, though; I am a government employee who has to work for a living like everyone else. All of my published work is either non-fiction or opinion; fiction is a new arena for me, which is why I'm here.
{now back to my previously-scheduled period of shutting up}