This blog has had many purposes over the past few years. It began as my Web2.0 training blog for HCPL and then transitioned into my internship journal for FSU. Thanks to my last post, I am now a contributor for the HCPL blog:) So now I have graduated, received the diploma AND the certification, and am officially a Librarian!
So what do I do with my blog now? I am desperately seeking inspiration!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Teen Read Week 2010
One of the many things I did during my internship over the summer was work on marketing and promotion in my focus groups for tonight's culminating event for Teen Read Week 2010. So I was super excited to be able to attend the event at TU tonight.
Melissa Marr is the author of the Wicked Lovely books, with the fifth and final book, Darkest Mercy, due out this spring. Over the summer I read the first four books, with Wicked Lovely and Fragile Eternity (books 1 and 3) being my favorite. Knowing that she has to tie the story up, I am really looking forward to book 5. She also has her first adult book due out in June.
Tonight she came and spoke as our big event for Teen Read Week. She was real, honest, approachable and funny. The audience in turn was respectful and kept the questions coming. She talked about her childhood, relationships, mistakes she had made, inspiration for her stories, and advice for inspiring authors. She was open about her past, experiences and beliefs. Was she what I expected, yes. But she was filled with wonderful stories and completely won me over.
One of the best points she made was that every story starts by answering one of two questions. 1) How did we get here? or 2) Where do we go next? Every story needs conflict, that's the basis of life, so start with asking yourself how you can really screw this up and then what happens next.
Her advice to aspiring writers was brutal and great. If the only thing that is preventing you from writing is a lack of time, her question back at you is this. "How many hours a week do you spend watching TV?" Turn off the TV and use that time to write. If you always have with you a way to take pictures and a way to take notes you will always be prepared when inspiration strikes. Eliminate your excuses.
Oh, and she was a YERD!! Yay for yearbook:)
I really enjoyed tonight, and know that if I ever get a chance to hear her speak again, I will jump at it. I left with a smile on my face and a signed copy of Wicked Lovely in my hands.
Melissa Marr is the author of the Wicked Lovely books, with the fifth and final book, Darkest Mercy, due out this spring. Over the summer I read the first four books, with Wicked Lovely and Fragile Eternity (books 1 and 3) being my favorite. Knowing that she has to tie the story up, I am really looking forward to book 5. She also has her first adult book due out in June.
Tonight she came and spoke as our big event for Teen Read Week. She was real, honest, approachable and funny. The audience in turn was respectful and kept the questions coming. She talked about her childhood, relationships, mistakes she had made, inspiration for her stories, and advice for inspiring authors. She was open about her past, experiences and beliefs. Was she what I expected, yes. But she was filled with wonderful stories and completely won me over.
One of the best points she made was that every story starts by answering one of two questions. 1) How did we get here? or 2) Where do we go next? Every story needs conflict, that's the basis of life, so start with asking yourself how you can really screw this up and then what happens next.
Her advice to aspiring writers was brutal and great. If the only thing that is preventing you from writing is a lack of time, her question back at you is this. "How many hours a week do you spend watching TV?" Turn off the TV and use that time to write. If you always have with you a way to take pictures and a way to take notes you will always be prepared when inspiration strikes. Eliminate your excuses.
Oh, and she was a YERD!! Yay for yearbook:)
I really enjoyed tonight, and know that if I ever get a chance to hear her speak again, I will jump at it. I left with a smile on my face and a signed copy of Wicked Lovely in my hands.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Game Over
Today at Tuckahoe was my last official intern duty and my last Open Teen Gaming lab. Strange as it may seem, I was glad that this week I just had my six regulars. Like normal, Counter Strike was enjoyed by all! I took the opportunity to write up my focus group evaluations, its only 6+ pages.
I cannot believe that this experience is over all ready, and that three months have flown by so fast. All the hours are earned, the events are done, the reports are written, the t's crossed and the i's dotted. In one week I will leave for Tallahassee to see Florida State for the first, and last time. I will attend the School of Library and Information Studies Graduation Reception and finally get to meet some of my professors and classmates. Then finally, on the 7th I will put on that cap and gown and walk across the stage, becoming an alumna of my third school.
I have learned a great deal over the course of this semester, and over the past two years in this program. I am glad that I took the opportunities to step outside my comfort zone when I could. There are also so many people I have to thank, everyone was so helpful and willing to share. Thank you to all at DU for taking me under your wing, I am incredibly lucky to work with such great people. Thank you KC especially for being my supervisor and putting up with me, my treatments, and being able to coordinate such a crazy schedule. TW and TU opened their doors to me, and AM of TW opened her arms and her brain. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
So today it's Game Over, the End! Thank you for playing along and sharing this internship with me. It has been one of the best experiences in my life.
I cannot believe that this experience is over all ready, and that three months have flown by so fast. All the hours are earned, the events are done, the reports are written, the t's crossed and the i's dotted. In one week I will leave for Tallahassee to see Florida State for the first, and last time. I will attend the School of Library and Information Studies Graduation Reception and finally get to meet some of my professors and classmates. Then finally, on the 7th I will put on that cap and gown and walk across the stage, becoming an alumna of my third school.
I have learned a great deal over the course of this semester, and over the past two years in this program. I am glad that I took the opportunities to step outside my comfort zone when I could. There are also so many people I have to thank, everyone was so helpful and willing to share. Thank you to all at DU for taking me under your wing, I am incredibly lucky to work with such great people. Thank you KC especially for being my supervisor and putting up with me, my treatments, and being able to coordinate such a crazy schedule. TW and TU opened their doors to me, and AM of TW opened her arms and her brain. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
So today it's Game Over, the End! Thank you for playing along and sharing this internship with me. It has been one of the best experiences in my life.
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