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.
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