TALES FROM BAGGINS BOTTOM: best bits book three In 2007, when her name was still Parkin, Diane was a freelance journalist working part-time from home and a semi-active member of the National Union of Journalists. She was working part-time for Corus (ex- British Steel), editing their RD&T Magazine, and Diane's Gig List was accumulating quite the following. The blog was very much Diane's writing diary, her journal on the life of a writer and editor.