As you know, I’m currently interning as a writer for Feminine Studios out in Colorado Spring. My first blog post is up on their blog! You can check it out here. It’s all about the new Spider-Man nail polish line by OPI.
Let me know what you think of it! Once more are posted there, I’ll post updates here as well!
Happy Writing,
A few weeks ago, I applied for a writing internship with Feminine Studios in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They ended up choosing two interns, and I’m going to be one of them. I’m very excited about this for a few different reasons.
Feminine Studios is all about making women feel beautiful and confident. They offer boudoir photography and videography and also offer empowerment classes on a regular basis. As I mentioned above, they’re located in Colorado Springs, and I’ll be interning remotely for an initial period of 90 days. I’m really anxious to get started! When/if possible, I’ll post here and link to my writing when it’s available on the FS blog and through the e-zine. I haven’t decided how I’ll do this just yet, but that’s something I’ll worry about as I go along.
This is going to be an interesting journey, I think. Stay tuned.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to write at night when almost everyone else in the house has gone to bed. I’ve written very few pages this way and I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m more of a morning person when it comes to writing. I believe this for a few reasons.
I just find that I’m much more productive when I start my writing time in the morning. This routine seems to work well, and even though I haven’t been writing every morning, I’m going to stick with it as long as I can. If I have to change things up in the future, then I will, but for now, morning is the best time for me to write.
Happy Writing,
Lately, I’ve been trying to get back into my writing. The itch to write has been present for almost two months now, but things were preventing me from actually sitting down to write. The main thing was packing up my apartment and moving. I’m done with that now and am settled into a spare bedroom at my parents’ house for a while.
So, why can’t I write?
It’s not that I don’t want to. Its not that the itch to do so isn’t there. It’s that nobody I live with respects the fact that I write. Here, writing can “always be done later,” and isn’t a “real job.”
This saddens me. Because it feels like my writing doesn’t matter to anyone but me. Perhaps that’s the way it’s supposed to be? I don’t know. It would just be nice to have some support from family. Right now, it feels like there’s nothing and to be honest, that hurts.
So, what to do about this situation.
I have one friend who is constantly supportive of my writing endeavors. He offers daily encouragement, yells at me when I don’t want to writer (thereby making me write), and always reads new chapters and offers wonderful feedback. I’m so grateful for this that there’s really not a word to describe just how happy I am that I have this person. What I’ve determined is that I need a group of people like him. I need more than just him, even though if that doesn’t happen, I’ll always be grateful with him alone.
I think I’ve convinced myself that without more than one reader, I can’t get very far in my work. I don’t know if this is true or not. I think the problem is that I feel belittled when people aren’t interested in what I do or what I’ve created. As I stated above, the fact that very few people care is disheartening. It hurts. It hurts because I believe–I’ve always believed–that support is essential to any type of long-term endeavor, especially writing. I feel that without support, my writing means absolutely nothing. But, at the same time, it means so much to me that I’m not willing to let it go. So, there’s that.
I’ve considered putting a call for readers out there somewhere. But, until I’ve determined the best way to go about doing so, I’m going to write. Because I need to. I have to get this story out there. Somehow, some way. So, I’ll continue writing until it’s done, and afterward, I’ll see where it takes me.
Happy Writing,
Writers block, defined as “a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work,” is a plague that we’ve all dealt with at one point or another in our writing careers. Ideas are hard to come by sometimes. Ideas are like fireflies; they flit in and out of mental vision, but they are hard to catch.
Keeping this in mind, a writing prompt will be offered here every Sunday (in different formats, of course). The length of what you write is your decision entirely. It is my hope that these prompts will spark creativity and kickstart the writing process.
This week’s prompt: After years of writing commercial jingles and cheesy, B-movie scores, a composer writes a masterful piece that propels him (or her) into the limelight (Writing Forward).
[How did this prompt help you? Please feel free to let me know in the comments below, or send an email!]
Happy Writing,
I subscribe to quite a few interesting RSS feeds in the book/writing niches. Perhaps you do as well, but in any case, I’d like to share my starred links from this week:
Sunday, February 26, 2012:
Monday, February 27, 2012:
Tuesday, February 28, 2012:
Wednesday, February 29, 2012:
Thursday, March 1, 2012:
Friday, March 2, 2012:
Saturday, March 3, 2012:
Happy Writing,
I thought this was fitting for my inaugural Foto Friday post. I actually found this while messing around over on Pinterest (for shame). I can’t imagine how much time went into the creation of that. It’s just awesome.
Happy writing,
Kerri
I wanted to come up with a new theme for my Friday posts, so I came up with something simple.
Friday Foto.
On Fridays, I’ll post a picture or two related to reading, writing, books, etc.
Simple enough, right? I hope you’ll enjoy what I share.
Happy writing,
Kerri
Photo courtesy of dreamstime.com.
As you know, I’ve been waiting to hear back from UMass about my application to their MFA program. This morning I received an email telling me that a change was made to my application status. I logged in to check it out.
I didn’t get accepted.
I found the entire process odd, since UMass usually send out a letter and then waits 21 days to change the status online. I don’t know if I just never got my letter or what, but none the less, I wasn’t accepted.
I’m strangely okay with this. It leaves me with no decision over which school to attend. I’ll be going to Lesley University. I’ve heard nothing but good things, so there’s no reason that I shouldn’t be happy about going there. I still wish I could know why UMass and PLU didn’t accept me, but there’s no use wondering about it. It’s over and done with.
As a side note, I’m in the middle of moving, but I’ll be back to write again soon. A post on dealing with rejection may be in order.
Happy writing,
