Presentation

I've been thinking a lot about my presentation for Alumnae Weekend. It's interesting how I will be telling the story of my stories in a way, how they started out as the result of Starbucks caffeine and become so much more polished thanks to my mentor. I want to share some of my writing during the presentation but I also want to include visuals so it's not just me, standing and reading. I don't know if I will try to find photographs or select key lines to show in my PowerPoint. Either way, I definitely want something for my audience to look at while I'm speaking.
I also want to give them access to my other work. I will probably end up self-publishing my stories on Medium before the presentation and then have cards to hand out for anyone who wants to read more. I don't mind self-publishing, though six months ago I was very opposed to it. Medium will still let my stories be read and hopefully enjoyed, which is what I've wanted all along so I think it will be a good place to put my final work.

Triangle Open Mic Night is a Go

Open Mic Night will happen on April 23rd, 7-9pm in Lab Theater! I sent out an email to the whole school with the announcement just before March break and designed posters over break that I will hopefully put up soon. I spoke with someone at my school so there will be a microphone, which will help everyone to hear. The next step is organizing food, I guess.
In terms of publishing, I've been rejected from most of the places I submitted to, which isn't as soul-crushing as I always expected publishing rejection letters to be. It didn't damage my faith in myself as a writer or anything. Really, they just made me want to send my work out to more magazines and see what happens. However, I still haven't heard back from a couple places so I'm going to wait before submitting anywhere else.