Happy Friday everyone! I hope you're all having a good day. I'm doing pretty well myself. Before we go further, I want to give a #ShoutOut to Emma Lombard on Twitter who offered to retweet this blog post once I pin this on Twitter. Thanks Ms. Lombard!! (Readers can find her on twitter here: https://twitter.com/LombardEmma)
The last day of class was Wednesday, so I moved out of my old room. Adieu 311, and hello 311. You read that right. I randomly got assigned to a room with the same number as my old room in the dorms. I have to say my new room is pretty nice, it's about the same size as my last one, though I have a roommate again. It will be nice not being alone all the time. Sometimes having company, even if it means less privacy, is better than being alone.
I'm staying on campus this summer for a job in my Phys Plant's Custodial department, which will mean I won't have all the time in the world to write. I do have to earn my keep after all, not to mention also look after myself (I might venture out to Walmart to use some gift cards to buy food via the bus, I'm not sure yet, since I'm not used to public transport).
So, with that out of the way, I'd like to talk a bit about some of my writing.
Articles
After writing this I plan to start submitting my articles "The Future of the ITM" (which I probably need to rename) and "Keeping up with the New Builds." I think I've spoken about these before, but in case I haven't:
The Future of the ITM discusses the Indiana Transportation Museum and their recent trials and tribulations in the past 5 or so years, since 2016.
Keeping Up with the New Builds discusses new build locomotives in the Rail Enthusiast world. These projects are rebuilding steam and diesel locomotives that were scrapped, without an example preserved for the future, so they are being built to fill gaps in history and preservation. Most of the projects are in the UK, as far as I know, I haven't red a lot about new builds in non-Western countries, and there is one in the US as well. I won't say more, until the article is (hopefully) published.
I did submit it to a magazine (which I was very grateful), unfortunately the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad happened around the same time, and my stories I think got pushed back. Fair enough, you have to publish the stories that are more relevant. No matter, at least I got in, that's what counts. Also, advice for any other inexperienced writers trying to publish articles like myself, it might be best to call them versus emailing them, as emails can get buried in an editor's inbox.
Iluckstrious Lady Luck
After classes ended and I got everything moved in I started writing "The Monorail Conspiracy" again. It felt good to be writing again. Here's a photo of what I've written.
I decided to go back to a journal for this story because I wanted to be able to write when I didn't have access to my computer. I find computer writing the fastest, but writing in a journal is nice. I have more control than I do on an iPad, plus I can use lots of colors with different pens, in a way that I don't think would work on a computer.
Well, that's about it for me. I'm going to get started on submitting those articles to magazines, and hopefully get some food. Thanks for reading everyone. Remember to follow me here on Blogger for email subscriptions or on Twitter to see what I'm up to, if you're interested. If not, no worries, thanks for checking out this post.
You can find me on Twitter @ConductorPat, so I'll leave the link here: https://twitter.com/ConductorPat Keep writing, and I'll see you on the Tramway!
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