Officially Done

I am officially done with school! I am a college graduate (again)! I do not have to deal with the stresses of school anymore. No more literary analysis and constantly wondering if I have a thesis. No more endless reading and homework assignments. But seriously it was great going back to school to get my English degree. I learned so much and have become a better writer and editor with what I've learned and the feedback I received from great professors. I met some amazing people and made some great friends this time around. I interacted with my classmates this time around and it really did make the college experience that much better. Having personal relationships with my professors also helped me succeed and do well this time around. 

I had a lot of support and I enjoyed my time in school but I am happy to be done and moving on to better things. I can now put all of my focus on writing and breaking into the publishing business. My time working on Essais has given me the confidence I need to go out there and try. I feel like I have the skills to do it and to succeed at it if I put my all into it. The future is bright. 

~Teralyn

Essais Launch Night

Last Thursday, we had our launch night party where we presented the published copy of the journal I've been working on all semester. It was a lot of work, very stressful at times. I lost a lot of sleep worrying about how it would turn out but the finished product makes it all worth it. It was a great experience but it was so stressful and crazy and everything. I spent so many hours in my faculty advisor's office going over things for the journal whether it was making selections for submissions or editing or whatever was necessary. As stressful as it was I wouldn’t trade it for anything. The experience I gained is invaluable and will help me so much going forward. I learned that I can lead; I can be in charge of something as big as a journal. I know what I am doing and it helped give me faith in myself. I wouldn't have been able to do this without Christa D. Albrecht, Lydia Renée Kerr, Deirdre Nickel, and Landon Roper and the rest of the editing staff as well as faculty in the English Department.

~Teralyn

NaNoWriMo Winner

I haven’t been on here to post in a while because I’ve been working on my story for NaNoWriMo and I have been working on the journal and going to class. The last month has been one of the busiest months I’ve ever had in my life. Launch night for the journal is next week and school ends in a couple of weeks. I’ve been running around (in my head) doing everything to get the journal to the printer on time which meant making sure it is typeset correctly and that everything looks great. While also making sure I stayed on top of my school work for my senior seminar class.