Author: Laura

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End of Summer Stretch

Hello all,

A brief reminder that my writing samples (I hate the term ‘samples’, they’re full published works!) are under the Featured Publications page. Pretty soon I’ll have a page up for self-published work.

So we find ourselves at the end of another summer. It’s a humid day here in New York, but rather than the balminess that usually accompanies this awful form of heat it’s complemented by a nice breeze. I enjoy these moments, sitting at my computer, listening to the ticking of the ceiling fan, the speeding cars on the main street I live on, and the occasional visit from my cat. Summer rolls, from heatwaves to thunderstorms, it’s a time of easy living. It reminds me of the two weeks I spent in Europe my senior year of high school. I learned more about the pleasure of a simplistic life than I have in my entire life. Summer is coming to a close, but just because we sip on pumpkin spice lattes and snuggle into wooly sweaters doesn’t mean we don’t have to stop our enjoyment and zest for life.

 

Hope you all enjoy the last few days of summer, autumn will be here soon. And life goes on…

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It interests me

Every so often I come across a project that moves me. Yesterday I stumbled on a blog post about The Everyday Sexism Project.  It was started by Laura Bates to bring together everyday experiences from women all over the world.

Check out the mini documentary that got me interested:

The Everyday Sexism Project

 

I’ve also just begun working on a big story. I won’t delve into details, but I’ll leave you with a picture to pique your interest.

 

The Honey Bee!

I linked the picture to the original source. It’s a great shot!

Talk to you very soon!

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=D

My brother, the computer genius, is in town and did some tinkering on the back-end of my WordPress. Finally it is easier to use and allows me to manuever more on the site.  While my knowledge of WordPress is functional, I definitely needed a re-instruction on a few parts.

I’ve definitely been checking out different outlets to write for. There’s a story in my head that I’ve been trying to get down for weeks but every time I sit down with a pad of paper the thoughts evade me. I may have to turn to my app Dragon Dictation to get it down for me. Sometimes just speaking out loud unfilitered and unhinged is the best way to extract ideas. Dragon Dictation is a pretty good app for that. It converts speech into text, although not perfectly accurate, and you do have to speak slower (I’m a NYer it’s hard to slow down and keep my thoughts afloat), it saves time and protects artistic liberty.

I’m also working on branding myself, creating a logo and template that really describes the essence of who I am and the talent I have to offer. I have a few designs in mind but nothing has come to fruition, I’ll keep you all informed with how it comes along.

 

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What I’ve been up too.

I’ve been busy, and then not-so-busy. I’ve been playing catch-up with personal business but am finally seeing the light of it and I’m able to balance my private and public matters better.

 

As of late I have been freelancing for a chain of local papers. It’s been great learning town codes and the ways towns work.

To see some of my work visit here.

On top of that I’ve just started writing for a digital music zine called Deep in the Music Media. My first album review was just posted and you can check it on on their Tumblr. This is the website and this is a direct link to my album. Be sure to follow them on Twitter and Instagram too! I haven’t written an album review in a very long time so it was nice to stretch those muscles out!

I’ve also been scribbling some non-fiction and fiction pieces, nothing is cohesive enough to post yet but I may crack one out in a few days. This warm weather is inspiring me to write, just got to remember to write it down and not store it in my head.

Hope you are all doing well and healthy!

 

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Ready to start this year off with a BANG!

I have some big plans that I want to get started on, just need to figure out my scheduling issues and then you will surely see me carpe dieming this year!

This year has so far felt better than any other year I’ve been alive, and I am excited.

Here’s to a happy and successful New Year everyone!

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Beautiful.

I stumbled upon this article by The Huffington Post, and find it quite beautiful.

And as the journalism community accepts and welcomes HuffPo more and more, I’m sure we’ll see more articles of this nature.

I mean, they did win a Pulitzer!

School Under Bridge in New Delhi Offers Free Education to India’s Poor Children

Very inspiring.

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Good news!

Yesterday I attended my last college class ever. To keep this short, it was bittersweet.

 

I also have cool news about one of my professors. I took Arts Writing with Holly George-Warren during Spring ’12. She is a fantastic writer with a lot of prolific pieces under her belt. And now, she’s been nominated for a GRAMMY!

From the Grammy nomination website:

The Pearl Sessions

Holly George-Warren, album notes writer (Janis Joplin)
[Columbia/Legacy]
It’s under the Best Album Notes Writing.
Very excited for her and proud to have learned so much from her.
Here’s a piece I wrote during her class about a certain guest-speaker: British Rocker Graham Parker Visits New Paltz.
Fingers crossed she wins!
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I am alive!

Gosh, didn’t realize the gap in posts was over a month. My sincerest apologies.

I got caught up for a few weeks coping with Hurricane Sandy, I live on Long Island, so many towns did receive lots of damage. Luckily for my family we live 20 minutes from the coast and did not get any flooding. Just high damaging winds and many, many trees down. We only lost power for a day but housed our cousins who didn’t have power for two weeks.

The first two weeks was comparable to living in a police state. National Guard helicopters flew over head, military humvees and other vehicles dominated the roads along with utility and tree removal trucks. FEMA set up a PODS center right by my house. We did a lot of walking to places, that’s for sure.

I’ll update in a few days with some more published work as well as my end of year/internship thoughts.