(Robert) Erich Hoyt:  

I always wonder what to write under ¿occupation¿ on application forms. Truth is that since I left schoo, I¿ve never had a regular job and have just followed my interests and passions, going from one project to another. It may be researching and writing a book for adults or kids, developing a research concept, planning and executing a conservation campaign, helping to design science museum exhibits, organizing a workshop, speaking at a conference, writing a film treatment or scientific paper. When I¿m not ¿in the field¿ which mainly means on a boat somewhere (or more likely, stuck in a stuffy meeting room), I like to read and write at home in the mornings and think and edit in cafés in the afternoons, after a walk on the beach or along the dark closes of Edinburgh. One thing stays constant - I like to be researching or writing a book, but that may stretch out for 5-6 years with lots going on day by day that needs attention. The personal details (100 words or less) are that I was born in the midwest USA, went to Saint John School in northern Virginia, followed by Saint Sebastian in Akron, Ohio (1962-64), then I tried a boarding school on the Mississippi River for high school (Campion Jesuit High Scho...Expand for more