So this is going super out of order, but the Journal launch was on Novemer 10th. It was great. I along with a few of the other students performed as part of the launch. It was really cool, because alot of the people from the other schools (vvisual arts, performing arts) were there and they got to see what our school is about. It definately built up mana for us students and for the ccreativve writing school.
I had come in late, because my friend took forever to get me and he didn't know how to get to MIT. I came and everyone was sort of nervous. I helped by giving hugs. That sounds really gay, but honestly it's the best feeling knowing that someone's got your back.
We had also helped by proofreading for typos in the journal before it was printed.
In terms of what we've had to do for our own journal (Me, Sonia and Tom) I don't think it's an easy task. Trying to decide on things and choosing a design right down to where you want the page numbers to go, has been a bit of a struggle. But we did manage to do it. The journal looks really good. I am super pleased with what we have produced. Even if it is slightly off from what we had said we were going to do, we've managed to put ourselves into it and actually finish it. It looks great.
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Collab.
So today I went to print out the journal. I had tried to be smart and have the pages in sequence so they could be folded into a book. But that failed. Miserably.
I had to talk it out with the ladies at copy solutions and tell them exactly how it should be. It went perfectly after that. I didn't get it printed on glossy paper (The cover) because I was running out of time and it probably would've smudged. I am fairly happy with the result.
I added some extra colour to the inside, as me and the group had discussed about trying to put more liveliness into it. The name is ransom and we have the ransom letters on the cover but there was nothing that made it spunky and fun which was kind of the look we were going for.
Sonia made some beautiful handout envelopes. I am just amazed at how wonderful they are. They have copies of our poems in them.
I'm really excited abut how our presentation and collaboration has grown. I was totally skeptical about it over the few weeks, but now I am absolutely stunned. We actually did it. And we went above and beyond. It is looking so fantastic, I think the added colour to the journal helped with the aesthetic and the other little surprises we have ready for the presentation. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!
I had to talk it out with the ladies at copy solutions and tell them exactly how it should be. It went perfectly after that. I didn't get it printed on glossy paper (The cover) because I was running out of time and it probably would've smudged. I am fairly happy with the result.
I added some extra colour to the inside, as me and the group had discussed about trying to put more liveliness into it. The name is ransom and we have the ransom letters on the cover but there was nothing that made it spunky and fun which was kind of the look we were going for.
Sonia made some beautiful handout envelopes. I am just amazed at how wonderful they are. They have copies of our poems in them.
I'm really excited abut how our presentation and collaboration has grown. I was totally skeptical about it over the few weeks, but now I am absolutely stunned. We actually did it. And we went above and beyond. It is looking so fantastic, I think the added colour to the journal helped with the aesthetic and the other little surprises we have ready for the presentation. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!
Eleanor Catton and Jenny Hellen
So in my forgetful rush, i've forgotten to blog about these two wonderful women that came into speak to us.
Start off with Eleanor:
She's this fairly young writer who is doing amazingly well, he first novel was shortlisted for the orange prize i believe, and she dresses in a fairly aesthetic.
We were given an extract from her upcoming novel to read and I found it kind of hard to get into. So I didn't really expect much from her talk. But I was fucking wrong.
She talked about her writing process and how she got to ideas. Just the real out of the blue kind of stuff that inspires her writing was really thought provoking in the way that I would like to go around writing my own novel. She said that she wished that "The picture of Dorian Gray" was the father of fantasy fiction - that whole psychological fantasy thing, and it sparked something in the way that I want to write my novel. I was very much inspired by her, which surprised me.
Jenny Hellen:
She was fantastic. She is the non-fiction and children's editor for Random house and it was great having someone with a business ideal to tell us about the process of actually publishing a book.
She told us about the market (i.e. what sells.), the steps and people involved in the publishing process and all this other stuff.
She made me think more economically about being a writer. I know that I won't make any money as a poet and I'm fine with that, but learning about the industry in that sense was really good.
She was also very nice in giving us her card to email any of our manuscripts to her, which I thought was bloody brilliant.
Both women were strong and independant but still very down to earth and easy to get on with.
Start off with Eleanor:
She's this fairly young writer who is doing amazingly well, he first novel was shortlisted for the orange prize i believe, and she dresses in a fairly aesthetic.
We were given an extract from her upcoming novel to read and I found it kind of hard to get into. So I didn't really expect much from her talk. But I was fucking wrong.
She talked about her writing process and how she got to ideas. Just the real out of the blue kind of stuff that inspires her writing was really thought provoking in the way that I would like to go around writing my own novel. She said that she wished that "The picture of Dorian Gray" was the father of fantasy fiction - that whole psychological fantasy thing, and it sparked something in the way that I want to write my novel. I was very much inspired by her, which surprised me.
Jenny Hellen:
She was fantastic. She is the non-fiction and children's editor for Random house and it was great having someone with a business ideal to tell us about the process of actually publishing a book.
She told us about the market (i.e. what sells.), the steps and people involved in the publishing process and all this other stuff.
She made me think more economically about being a writer. I know that I won't make any money as a poet and I'm fine with that, but learning about the industry in that sense was really good.
She was also very nice in giving us her card to email any of our manuscripts to her, which I thought was bloody brilliant.
Both women were strong and independant but still very down to earth and easy to get on with.
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