Oh my gosh it's almost here!
This Tuesday is, of course, THE BIG DAY!! I'm so excited, but so nervous. There's going to be family friends and school friends all coming...I hope everyone will have a good time. Meanwhile, we're looking up food recipes and finishing up the final details. Here's hoping for a good night!
And for the last time, don't forget to come to the SWAMP ANGEL release party on Dec. 3rd, at
6:30 pm at Mysteryscape! Hope to see a lot of people there!
Weekly (Dis)Likes
Like 1: Thanksgiving. Yum. And do you know that Thanksgiving and Hanukkah fall on the same day once every 79,000 years?
Like 2: My aunt and her family came visiting. So fun to see them all!
Like 3: My grandmother from Arizona is visiting as well. What a cool lady.
Like 4: Winter break started! Time to kick back and relax (mostly).
Dislike 1: Wasn't even home for a day, and I got an email from one of my future professors telling us already what books to get and 'recommending' that we should start reading. -_- It's called vacation for a reason.
Dislike 2: Mom giving me a new mission; basically, start checking out the employment office and basically signing up for all the interviews they offer. I know it's important if I want to get a job out from college and practice interviewing skills, but what's the point of interviewing for a job that you don't want or you don't have the qualifications to do? A English major can't work in, say, engineering for a company looking only for hands-on workers.
And quote!
"It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything." -Joseph Brodsky
See you at the party!
Colleen
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
About Done
Hi, everybody.
Slow week this week. The interview I talked about last time didn't happen thanks to conflicts, and though I've both emailed and called the interviewer at the Communications Office, I haven't gotten a reply yet. Thankfully according to the first email she sent, if conflicts came up, we could have the interview in January when I come back from Christmas, so since we haven't worked out another time for this week, I guess it'll be then.
And another surprise; those who pre-ordered SA are getting their books early! My Facebook page is swamped (excuse the pun) with people posting images of their open packages proclaiming that they got it and how proud they are of me. Odd, but I'm not complaining. :)
Don't forget to come to the SWAMP ANGEL release party on Dec. 3rd, at 6:30 pm at Mysteryscape! Hope to see a lot of people there!
Weekly (Dis)Likes:
Like 1: My finals are done, and I believe I did well! I get to go home Tuesday.
Like 2: Thanksgiving is this week. Bring on the pie!
Like 3: Finally found the source of the draft that was freezing my dorm room. My roommate though her half of the windows were closed (we're in bunk beds, her on top), but it turns out both were slightly open. But now they're closed and I'm no longer cold.
Dislike 1: The cold. I find it rather pointless if there's no snow on the ground to keep it cold.
Dislike 2: No interview. :(
And quote!
"A good laugh is sunshine in the house." -William Makepeace Thackeray
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes_of_the_day.html#RDygZ8uhzU6IK3wz.99
Bye,
Colleen
Slow week this week. The interview I talked about last time didn't happen thanks to conflicts, and though I've both emailed and called the interviewer at the Communications Office, I haven't gotten a reply yet. Thankfully according to the first email she sent, if conflicts came up, we could have the interview in January when I come back from Christmas, so since we haven't worked out another time for this week, I guess it'll be then.
And another surprise; those who pre-ordered SA are getting their books early! My Facebook page is swamped (excuse the pun) with people posting images of their open packages proclaiming that they got it and how proud they are of me. Odd, but I'm not complaining. :)
Don't forget to come to the SWAMP ANGEL release party on Dec. 3rd, at 6:30 pm at Mysteryscape! Hope to see a lot of people there!
Weekly (Dis)Likes:
Like 1: My finals are done, and I believe I did well! I get to go home Tuesday.
Like 2: Thanksgiving is this week. Bring on the pie!
Like 3: Finally found the source of the draft that was freezing my dorm room. My roommate though her half of the windows were closed (we're in bunk beds, her on top), but it turns out both were slightly open. But now they're closed and I'm no longer cold.
Dislike 1: The cold. I find it rather pointless if there's no snow on the ground to keep it cold.
Dislike 2: No interview. :(
And quote!
"A good laugh is sunshine in the house." -William Makepeace Thackeray
A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
William Makepeace ThackerayRead more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes_of_the_day.html#RDygZ8uhzU6IK3wz.99
Colleen
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Interview!
Hi everybody!
Again, another week missed thanks to photo-editing work in the lab, this time for my final portfolio. But here I am with big news!
Just yesterday I got an email from Knox's Office of Communications, asking to do an interview for their Knox website page! I sent an email back saying I could do it Monday afternoon, but they haven't replied yet (no one does on the weekend). Either way, look forward to seeing a link to that page. :)
And the reason why this interview came about is my second bit of news. A few days ago I got an email from a member of the Knox Alumni Council, specifically a member from Kansas! She invited me to join the LinkedIn community for Knox Alumni (which I did), and was invited to take advantage of the alumni system on campus. Not only that, but she and some other Kansas alumnis are going to show up at the release party! If this was thanks to Mom (she said she'd try to contact the alumni), thank you!
Don't forget to come to the SWAMP ANGEL release party on Dec. 3rd, at 6:30 pm at Mysteryscape! Hope to see a lot of people there!
Weekly (Dis)Likes:
Like 1: Term is almost over! Christmas break is almost here. And with Christmas break come the RELEASE PARTY!!!
Like 2: The field trip I went on with my religious studies class yesterday. We all hopped on a bus and drove up to the Quad Cities to check out a Greek Orthodox Church and attend a prayer service at a mosque, and had Q and A sessions with both their leaders. Very interesting and informative, and I now feel greater understanding towards other faiths.
Like 3: The portfolio I'm coming up with for my digital photojournalism class. I have photos from all sorts of photoshoots, including a bunch I took during the field trip in Chicago.
Dislike 1: The incident that happened last Friday in the student lounge. It's nothing major, but when it was time for me to change shifts, the next guy didn't show up. Apparently, he'd gone to a Knox football game off campus and hadn't bothered to tell me or anyone, since the next few hours were still assigned to him according to the Taylor Lounge time chart, and NO ONE had bothered taking his hours. I almost had a panic attack and had to close the lounge down. Not fun. -_-
And quote!
"When I say to you, 'There is nobody like me, and there never was', that is a statement I want everywoman person to feel and make about themselves." -Lady Gaga
Bye,
Colleen
Again, another week missed thanks to photo-editing work in the lab, this time for my final portfolio. But here I am with big news!
Just yesterday I got an email from Knox's Office of Communications, asking to do an interview for their Knox website page! I sent an email back saying I could do it Monday afternoon, but they haven't replied yet (no one does on the weekend). Either way, look forward to seeing a link to that page. :)
And the reason why this interview came about is my second bit of news. A few days ago I got an email from a member of the Knox Alumni Council, specifically a member from Kansas! She invited me to join the LinkedIn community for Knox Alumni (which I did), and was invited to take advantage of the alumni system on campus. Not only that, but she and some other Kansas alumnis are going to show up at the release party! If this was thanks to Mom (she said she'd try to contact the alumni), thank you!
Don't forget to come to the SWAMP ANGEL release party on Dec. 3rd, at 6:30 pm at Mysteryscape! Hope to see a lot of people there!
Weekly (Dis)Likes:
Like 1: Term is almost over! Christmas break is almost here. And with Christmas break come the RELEASE PARTY!!!
Like 2: The field trip I went on with my religious studies class yesterday. We all hopped on a bus and drove up to the Quad Cities to check out a Greek Orthodox Church and attend a prayer service at a mosque, and had Q and A sessions with both their leaders. Very interesting and informative, and I now feel greater understanding towards other faiths.
Like 3: The portfolio I'm coming up with for my digital photojournalism class. I have photos from all sorts of photoshoots, including a bunch I took during the field trip in Chicago.
Dislike 1: The incident that happened last Friday in the student lounge. It's nothing major, but when it was time for me to change shifts, the next guy didn't show up. Apparently, he'd gone to a Knox football game off campus and hadn't bothered to tell me or anyone, since the next few hours were still assigned to him according to the Taylor Lounge time chart, and NO ONE had bothered taking his hours. I almost had a panic attack and had to close the lounge down. Not fun. -_-
And quote!
"When I say to you, 'There is nobody like me, and there never was', that is a statement I want every
When
I say to you, there is nobody like me, and there never was, that is a
statement I want every woman to feel and make about themselves.
Lady Gaga
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/lady_gaga.html#ULfg0wXWSzdSTCfS.99
Lady Gaga
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/lady_gaga.html#ULfg0wXWSzdSTCfS.99
Bye,
Colleen
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Not Much to Say
Hi, everybody!
I know I skipped a week. I was busy last weekend with editing 15 photos for my big journalism project, so I was out in the digital photo lab a lot. Not that anything big happened last week, or this week for that matter.
Don't forget to come to the SWAMP ANGEL release party on Dec. 3rd, at 6:30 pm at Mysteryscape! Hope to see a lot of people there!
As I was telling everyone last time, I had an agent before my current one, who had to bow out due to personal problems. Sad and frustrated, I nevertheless started looking for a new agent. I found a site, publishersmarketplace.com, that gave me profiles to multiple agents. I basically went down the line with queries.
And then I found Leticia Gomez, head of Savvy Literary Services and mostly a representative for Latino writers. I sent her the usual query, and she was interested. So I sent her some more material, and she liked SA even more. The next thing I knew, she was sending me her contract. We've been working together ever since; right now she's trying to market two more manuscripts of mine alongside working with other people. In a non-couple sense, we're very happy together. :)
Bi-Weekly (Dis)Likes:
Like 1: HALLOWEEN!!! One of the best holiday's ever. Spent mine snug in my bed nomming on care package candy and watching Youtube videos. Very nice.
Like 2: Candy. Yummmmm.
Like 3: Because I'm in an art class, I got to go on the semester art department field trip to Chicago with other art students and four other photo students. Spent most of the day looking at amazing photos, then spent the rest of it taking photos and trying to find an Old Navy where I could spend the gift card I got for my birthday. I didn't, but I got some good photos to include in my final portfolio.
Like 2: Only two and a half weeks til Christmas break (and two and a half weeks closer to the SA release).
Dislike 1: We had to change our weekly project meeting for my Contemporary Lit class to Sunday from Friday because a member got sick. So not only do I have to go to 9 am Mass tomorrow (too early!), I'll have work to do that I could've done today on top of my Sunday photo sessions. Hopefully it'll be easy to do and not too time consuming.
And quote!
Bye,
Colleen
I know I skipped a week. I was busy last weekend with editing 15 photos for my big journalism project, so I was out in the digital photo lab a lot. Not that anything big happened last week, or this week for that matter.
Don't forget to come to the SWAMP ANGEL release party on Dec. 3rd, at 6:30 pm at Mysteryscape! Hope to see a lot of people there!
As I was telling everyone last time, I had an agent before my current one, who had to bow out due to personal problems. Sad and frustrated, I nevertheless started looking for a new agent. I found a site, publishersmarketplace.com, that gave me profiles to multiple agents. I basically went down the line with queries.
And then I found Leticia Gomez, head of Savvy Literary Services and mostly a representative for Latino writers. I sent her the usual query, and she was interested. So I sent her some more material, and she liked SA even more. The next thing I knew, she was sending me her contract. We've been working together ever since; right now she's trying to market two more manuscripts of mine alongside working with other people. In a non-couple sense, we're very happy together. :)
Bi-Weekly (Dis)Likes:
Like 1: HALLOWEEN!!! One of the best holiday's ever. Spent mine snug in my bed nomming on care package candy and watching Youtube videos. Very nice.
Like 2: Candy. Yummmmm.
Like 3: Because I'm in an art class, I got to go on the semester art department field trip to Chicago with other art students and four other photo students. Spent most of the day looking at amazing photos, then spent the rest of it taking photos and trying to find an Old Navy where I could spend the gift card I got for my birthday. I didn't, but I got some good photos to include in my final portfolio.
Like 2: Only two and a half weeks til Christmas break (and two and a half weeks closer to the SA release).
Dislike 1: We had to change our weekly project meeting for my Contemporary Lit class to Sunday from Friday because a member got sick. So not only do I have to go to 9 am Mass tomorrow (too early!), I'll have work to do that I could've done today on top of my Sunday photo sessions. Hopefully it'll be easy to do and not too time consuming.
And quote!
'Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.' -Abraham Lincoln
Bye,
Colleen
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Things are Happening
Hello readers!
The party is underway. Date and time have been chosen, Mom's thinking up a menu, and now it's time to start sending out the invites! So for all you readers, come join us for the release party from 6:30 to 8:30 on December 3rd at Mysteryscape at 7309 West 80th Street, Overland Park, KS 66204. And until the event, I'm going to keep posting this as a weekly friendly reminder.
Plan wise, I'm suffering from a little confusion as to how to get the books to Mysteryscape. Rich has clarified well how the shop can order them, but when I first stopped by Mysteryscape, I got a potential contract from them about book carrying and whatnot, and I want Rich to look over it. But the contract's at home, so I need my mother to scan/email it to him so we can get this all worked out with Mysteryscape's owner. But everything will be cleared up. I know it!
Remember how last week I told you about my first agent? Her name was Carol, and she was out of New Jersey. She liked Swamp Angel, and together we managed to get a lot of rewriting done. But then her husband died, and in the end she just couldn't continue working on my book and went on an indefinite hiatus. I understood (how couldn't I?), but all the same it was still very discouraging. I was upset, but then I went back to work, trolling publisherwarehouse.com looking for another agent. And not long after that, I found Leticia.
Weekly (Dis)Likes
Like 1: Finished the book I had to read for my literature class. That's out of the way!
Like 2: Being ahead on the big project for Photojournalism. We have to document an activity on campus, and I already have shot a bunch of photos from my roommate's Improv club meetings. Between that and the show this week, there's bound to be 15 good photos in there.
Dislike 1: Portraiture project in Photojournalism. This involves taking pictures of strangers, which means TALKING to strangers, and that's just all kinds of bad for me. Granted, I got all my shooting done yesterday, and everyone was very nice about it, but it was still really awkward for me the whole time.
Dislike 2: The Internet is out at my dorm. I'm currently typing this from the library because some dumb mice apparently nibbled up the wireless Internet cord in some of the dorms, INCLUDING mine, and it won't be til Monday at the earliest when the computer guys can fix it. >_<
Dislike 3: Laundering bedsheets. It's something you need to do every once in a while, but I hat it because even if you lightly pack the dryer, the thick blanket STILL comes out wet. I have to dry said blanket 3 times in the dryer so it's not wet. Bye bye precious quarters! | P
And quote!
"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing." -Mark Twain
Tally-ho,
Colleen
The party is underway. Date and time have been chosen, Mom's thinking up a menu, and now it's time to start sending out the invites! So for all you readers, come join us for the release party from 6:30 to 8:30 on December 3rd at Mysteryscape at 7309 West 80th Street, Overland Park, KS 66204. And until the event, I'm going to keep posting this as a weekly friendly reminder.
Plan wise, I'm suffering from a little confusion as to how to get the books to Mysteryscape. Rich has clarified well how the shop can order them, but when I first stopped by Mysteryscape, I got a potential contract from them about book carrying and whatnot, and I want Rich to look over it. But the contract's at home, so I need my mother to scan/email it to him so we can get this all worked out with Mysteryscape's owner. But everything will be cleared up. I know it!
Remember how last week I told you about my first agent? Her name was Carol, and she was out of New Jersey. She liked Swamp Angel, and together we managed to get a lot of rewriting done. But then her husband died, and in the end she just couldn't continue working on my book and went on an indefinite hiatus. I understood (how couldn't I?), but all the same it was still very discouraging. I was upset, but then I went back to work, trolling publisherwarehouse.com looking for another agent. And not long after that, I found Leticia.
Weekly (Dis)Likes
Like 1: Finished the book I had to read for my literature class. That's out of the way!
Like 2: Being ahead on the big project for Photojournalism. We have to document an activity on campus, and I already have shot a bunch of photos from my roommate's Improv club meetings. Between that and the show this week, there's bound to be 15 good photos in there.
Dislike 1: Portraiture project in Photojournalism. This involves taking pictures of strangers, which means TALKING to strangers, and that's just all kinds of bad for me. Granted, I got all my shooting done yesterday, and everyone was very nice about it, but it was still really awkward for me the whole time.
Dislike 2: The Internet is out at my dorm. I'm currently typing this from the library because some dumb mice apparently nibbled up the wireless Internet cord in some of the dorms, INCLUDING mine, and it won't be til Monday at the earliest when the computer guys can fix it. >_<
Dislike 3: Laundering bedsheets. It's something you need to do every once in a while, but I hat it because even if you lightly pack the dryer, the thick blanket STILL comes out wet. I have to dry said blanket 3 times in the dryer so it's not wet. Bye bye precious quarters! | P
And quote!
"Humor is mankind's greatest blessing." -Mark Twain
Tally-ho,
Colleen
Sunday, October 13, 2013
More Party Plans
Greeting folks! How are you?
Plans for the party are developing well. We've confirmed a time and a date: it's Dec. 3rd from 6-8 pm. There will be food: Mom's in charge of the menu (which means it's going to be delicious!). Some details we're still working out are how Mysteryscape is going to order my books and how much to order (my grandmother wants to buy 100), but we're getting there. As more things are planned, I'll tell you all all about them. Stay tuned!
It took a lot of time to find an agent.
Seriously, it did. Once the manuscript was finished, I did everything I could to find a person who could help make my dream a reality. It wasn't easy; finding them involved weeding through Google searches and then receiving rejection after rejection for about a year. I even ordered a giant book of publishing/ writing information and sent out a letter to everyone they listed, to no avail. When you get one after the other, you can't help but wonder if your work is good enough for publication or not. But then you suck it up, send out another letter, and tell yourself whoever rejected you is missing out on something great (after all, J.K. Rowling was rejected a bunch before being published; bet all those companies feel PRETTY stupid right about now).
Basically, just don't give up on what you want to do with your life. If you love it enough, it's worth going through whatever you have to to make it real. Look where I am now because I didn't give up. :)
Weekly (Dis)Likes:
Like 1: I got an A+ on my religious studies test! Yay!
Like 2: I also got an A on my first project for my digital photojournalism class. Double yay!
Like 3: My birthday's coming up. Can't wait to celebrate and open my presents!
Dislike 1: Got my final project for my Contemporary Lit class. Nothing bad-read a book, read an article about said book, write a summary about said article, and do a group presentation to the class- but who likes projects like that when they have other homework/stuff they could do?
Dislike 2: My sore throat and stuffy nose. I've been resting, drinking fluids, and taking medicine, so hopefully it won't last much longer, but it still stinks.
Weekly Quote!
“Not all those who wander are lost.” -J. R. R. Tolkien
Bye-bye,
Colleen
Plans for the party are developing well. We've confirmed a time and a date: it's Dec. 3rd from 6-8 pm. There will be food: Mom's in charge of the menu (which means it's going to be delicious!). Some details we're still working out are how Mysteryscape is going to order my books and how much to order (my grandmother wants to buy 100), but we're getting there. As more things are planned, I'll tell you all all about them. Stay tuned!
It took a lot of time to find an agent.
Seriously, it did. Once the manuscript was finished, I did everything I could to find a person who could help make my dream a reality. It wasn't easy; finding them involved weeding through Google searches and then receiving rejection after rejection for about a year. I even ordered a giant book of publishing/ writing information and sent out a letter to everyone they listed, to no avail. When you get one after the other, you can't help but wonder if your work is good enough for publication or not. But then you suck it up, send out another letter, and tell yourself whoever rejected you is missing out on something great (after all, J.K. Rowling was rejected a bunch before being published; bet all those companies feel PRETTY stupid right about now).
Basically, just don't give up on what you want to do with your life. If you love it enough, it's worth going through whatever you have to to make it real. Look where I am now because I didn't give up. :)
Weekly (Dis)Likes:
Like 1: I got an A+ on my religious studies test! Yay!
Like 2: I also got an A on my first project for my digital photojournalism class. Double yay!
Like 3: My birthday's coming up. Can't wait to celebrate and open my presents!
Dislike 1: Got my final project for my Contemporary Lit class. Nothing bad-read a book, read an article about said book, write a summary about said article, and do a group presentation to the class- but who likes projects like that when they have other homework/stuff they could do?
Dislike 2: My sore throat and stuffy nose. I've been resting, drinking fluids, and taking medicine, so hopefully it won't last much longer, but it still stinks.
Weekly Quote!
“Not all those who wander are lost.” -J. R. R. Tolkien
Bye-bye,
Colleen
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Party Planning
Waga baga baga baga baga!
Again, not much happening this week. Biggest thing I can probably talk about is that my mother and I have started planning the release party for Swamp Angel. All we have so far is a date (December 3rd, the day the book comes out) and a possible location (though it hasn't been confirmed yet). Said location is one of the independent bookstores I gave bookmarks to, Mysteryscape. I've sent a email to the owner asking it about it, even saying how my family will be willing to provide the food, but I haven't gotten an answer yet. Will tell you when I do, though, along with the developing party plans.
Being a student when I started writing, I had classes and homework to worry about. So instead of writing five pages a day (the average for a full time writer), I settled for half a page, and still do with my college studies. I try to type it in the morning because I feel less inspired and tired in the afternoon. With Swamp Angel, I'd work on my quota before school started and finished whatever was left later, typing it out on the laptop my high school gave each student for the year. Being seventeen at the time, I had my license and could drive me and my sister to school, but mostly I made her drive the twenty so minutes so I could have more time to write. ;P
Weekly Dis(Likes)
Like 1: The season Fall. It's my favorite.
Dislike 1: My religious studies test tomorrow. I studied for it, but you can't help but be nervous.
Dislike 2: Barely any sun this weekend, leaving me unable to take photos for my journalism class.
"We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves." -Galileo Galilei
Ciao,
Colleen
Again, not much happening this week. Biggest thing I can probably talk about is that my mother and I have started planning the release party for Swamp Angel. All we have so far is a date (December 3rd, the day the book comes out) and a possible location (though it hasn't been confirmed yet). Said location is one of the independent bookstores I gave bookmarks to, Mysteryscape. I've sent a email to the owner asking it about it, even saying how my family will be willing to provide the food, but I haven't gotten an answer yet. Will tell you when I do, though, along with the developing party plans.
Being a student when I started writing, I had classes and homework to worry about. So instead of writing five pages a day (the average for a full time writer), I settled for half a page, and still do with my college studies. I try to type it in the morning because I feel less inspired and tired in the afternoon. With Swamp Angel, I'd work on my quota before school started and finished whatever was left later, typing it out on the laptop my high school gave each student for the year. Being seventeen at the time, I had my license and could drive me and my sister to school, but mostly I made her drive the twenty so minutes so I could have more time to write. ;P
Weekly Dis(Likes)
Like 1: The season Fall. It's my favorite.
Dislike 1: My religious studies test tomorrow. I studied for it, but you can't help but be nervous.
Dislike 2: Barely any sun this weekend, leaving me unable to take photos for my journalism class.
"We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves." -Galileo Galilei
Ciao,
Colleen
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