Sunday, September 9, 2012

Emerging From the Hills


The past few months I’ve been neglecting this blog, along with the old movie reviews and memoir pieces. I kind of withdrew into the hills for a while—not due to any personal grudges or laziness, really—but because one project after another has popped up and occupied my attention.

 

It started by getting an internship with the recently founded self-publisher, Powerful Films & Books/Powerful English. Someone decided to give me a chance for the first time since my graduation from college, so I threw myself into it wholeheartedly. I would approach talented writers and ask if they would like to publish their manuscripts for free—gaining many writing friends and reading some interesting pieces as a result.

 

Combing through websites that listed freelance writing positions, I also managed to apply for the opportunity to become a transcriber for the NCC, a government contractor. The work for them has been so informative.

 

Then my supervisor and friend from PFB became something of a freelance writing mentor for me, giving advice on where to look for assignments (such as Elance, etc.). I even took on an editing assignment recently, and that is fun.

 

So my writing career has started to take off, and things are falling into place at last.

 

 

Unfortunately, though, other dreams will take a little longer to complete. San Jose State University, the graduate school through which I would have taken my courses towards a MLIS degree, failed to offer me any of the numerous scholarships or grants I applied for under the pretext of me being a “special-session” student. This essentially means anyone forced to take on-line courses at their school needs to pay their own way, with each unit costing over $400.

 

This will take a while—perhaps I should try another university…

 

 

Anyway, besides the above rambling monologue, I have some new plans for this blog—which will still include posting poetry, memoirs, short stories, or other writing pieces as time allows. But there will now also be a larger number of entries with freelance writing tips, good sites to visit for finding assignments, and even articles on newer movies or perhaps games to check out.

 

 
Tada ima! (I’m back!) ^__^

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