Oh yeah, I have a blog

I will be honest with you. I'm not a very good blogger. It's true. I have tendency to take long, leisurely hiatuses in which I don't so much as think about my commitment to my blog or really any personal writing for that matter. This is not good for a number of reasons. First of all, any person who wants to write has to have a blog. Let's face it, even people that don't want to write or aren't even very good at writing have blogs. I should be so exception to this rule. Blogging is where it's at, and I wanna be where it's at! ( still figuring out what 'it' is. will get back to you)

Since my last blog post almost an entire year ago I have moved back to the bay area, met the love of my life, worked as a nanny and a teacher and have finally come to terms with the fact that if I'm not working as a writer then I still have a lot of work to do. So here I am, back to documenting my post-collegiate life, one step at a time. At the moment, the job market is tough and I have to force myself not to become discouraged by its slim pickins. But on the bright side I make enough money to pay my rent, eat good food and still have some left over to play and travel. I live in a great apartment in the Lake Merritt area with two cats (who knew), a bunny and a very loving and domestically-inclined boyfriend. We even have a sliver of a lake view! Life is pretty peachy.

Right now I am sending out resumes looking for an editorial or writing internship to really get some hands-on experience in the publishing industry. The more I learn about writing professionally the more I realize it's not a career that comes to you suddenly. It has to be built over years of experience, persistence and diligent writing. I don't think this is something that comes naturally to most people, the whole making yourself do something for years and years without receiving a dime for it. It sure doesn't for me. But writing fills me and as many times as I may walk away from it for a while I always come back and it always feels like coming home.

I'll try to make this a regular post, not just about job/internship hunting, but about my whole, wide, ever-expanding life. Oh and I'll even figure out how to add pictures to make this a bit more visually exciting.

Peace out!