Hey, @revisesociology.
Thanks for the input. It's helpful seeing what others get out of my thinking outloud. :)
re: skill set
You would think so, wouldn't you? The hard part for me has always been finding the way to make any of that lucrative on my own.
re: deep down
Yeah, not so deep down, but I keep thinking I have these stories popping into my head and yelling at me for a reason.
re: copy editing
The editing idea in the meantime is a pretty sound one. As I said, I'm not formerly trained. I could learn whatever style I needed to, though, fairly quickly, too, I would think.
I guess time consuming would depend on what I was editing. Some projects and authors, obviously, will require more time than others.