I can't believe it's been a year. I stopped posting on this blog weekly an entire year ago? How is that even possible?
I know I tried to re-start in September. I got... sidetracked. My wistful plans to move to NYC and just start working got put on hold when I took a part-time job at Barnes & Noble. I figured that I needed to be doing something to work towards my publishing goals aside from sitting on my bed applying for jobs all day. At least this way, I can show that I know how to sell a book, and I know the book store market.
It was only supposed to be temporary. Seasonal. They were looking for help for the holidays. October- January. That was it.
But I settled into it. I took a couple weeks of my job search to get acclimated. When I returned to it, I was more open to taking internships, paid or unpaid. At least if I didn't have to move. If I could continue living at home, working part-time, I could do an internship.
And that's how I ended up doing an internship at a magazine.
To be fair, I never technically applied for this role. I didn't want to work at a magazine. I don't like shopping, and magazines often seem to exist solely to promote consumerism.
No, I applied to be a publicity intern at PR by the Book. I thought it would be the perfect fit. I wanted to do publicity/PR/marketing for books. I obviously didn't have the experience necessary to be offered an assistant position (what is up with needing 2-4 years experience for an entry level position?), but I could do an internship.
They liked me. But they decided they didn't need another publicity intern. But many on staff also worked part-time at TLM. So they offered me the editorial internship there.
I took it, hoping that I'd prove myself and they'd offer me a full-time position at PR by the Book. I certainly have proved myself- I've been offered part-time work there and a move up to Editorial Assistant at TLM- but there doesn't seem to be any paid, full-time positions to be had.
I feel... stuck. Between the internship and B&N, I don't have much time to apply for jobs (especially since I spent my Saturdays on set of Merry Maidens for 3 months-- but that's a story for another post). I can't live at home forever. I need to move on.
So here we go. Blog re-start attempt 2. I'm even posting on a Thursday, just like old times. Because if I love books as much as I say I do, you better believe I have a book blog.
