Introduction

Welcome to my brand-new blog! I am really excited to get onto the blogosphere. So here’s a little bit about me:

I love to write. I started considering myself a writer back in first grade when I always wrote the longest stories during “journal time.” In seventh grade I finished my first “novel” (I reread it a few days ago to procrastinate studying for exams…it’s bad. But I still love it.) Since then, I just haven’t gotten rid of the writing bug! I went to the Iowa Young Writer’s Studio in the Summer of 2007 and studied under Justin Kramon. He has a book coming out this summer that I’m REALLY excited to read, and you all should be too! Now I’m studying at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL; next year I get to apply to the English Major in Writing. It’s a really selective program, so here’s hoping I get in!

This summer I’m interning at Andrea Hurst and Associates and the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. Andrea Hurst and Associates is the parent company of Andrea Hurst Literary Management, but it also offers services to authors like book development and classes. The Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (NILA) is a writers’ association on Whidbey Island (just outside of Seattle) that offers writing groups and classes, a low-residency MFA program, and an annual conference. I’m really looking forward to getting experience in the publishing industry through these two organizations! I think it’s going to be a great summer!

Check back here for general insights I learn throughout the summer. I’ll be sure to talk about my search process for getting an internship in the first place, about the Saturday Chat House Conference coming up next week, and the MFA program in August.

Thanks for reading!

Last thing I read: This post on literary agents.