I didn't actually explain what I'm doing in the last entry, so I'll get to that now. I have a writing internship with the Vegetarian Resource Group. They're a nonprofit organization that publishes books, a magazine, and pamphlets/brochures. They also do outreach and offer college scholarships to vegetarian teens who have done vegetarian outreach in their communities.
I have a varied list of jobs. Right now I'm helping put together a survey, writing a couple of articles, and helping to update the group's vegetarian restaurant guide. The last task involves looking at a lot of delicious menus and makes me really hungry. Tomorrow I'm going to New York City for BookExpo America. It's going to be awesome.
The people I work with are amazing. They're all really nice and very knowledgeable. I think I'm going to learn a lot here. I was a little worried when I was deciding whether or not to accept this internship, because I wasn't sure that it would help me career-wise. But on my first day here my boss explained the pros and cons of each type of publisher and gave me the names of a couple of writing or publishing contacts he has so that I can gather advice from them on building my career. The BookExpo is also going to be good for building contacts.
I need to finish getting ready for New York, so I'll cut this post off here. I probably won't be able to post again until next week after I get back.
