plan of action

So the idea is that I will be moving out West this coming Fall and getting a 'real' job.

My ideal 'real job' would be working for an alternative weekly so I've been in the process of trying to get as much Canadian writing experience as possible.

This past Spring I self published a book of poetry entitled 'Somerset Street West and 'Love'" about failed love affairs and the madness that encompasses my neighbourhood. So far it's been well received in both Canada and the UK.

I have been published in various independent magazines in America (Alternative Music Press- interviews with Moneen and Misery Signals), in the UK (The Mic interviews with Stars, Caribou and Minus the Bear, as well as my own online zine when I was 18 in which I interviewed and wrote about whatever was of interest. In Canada most recently I have been featured in the university international student magazine describing my experience of living abroad and in fact while I was away began work on my own book of the same subject. (which may or may not see the light of day)

This past Fall I began writing on the subject of film with relation to my degree. The ones I was most satisfied with were The Male Gaze in Wall-E- The Perversion of a Little Robot and the Misogynistic Representation of Women in Romantic Comedies using He's Just Not That Into You and Pillow Talk.

Additionally, I have much experience in Radio DJ'ing and have just been hired on to co-host a counter-cultural radio show in which I will have the opportunity to do some on-air journalism beyond just interviews. (I'm excited about this)

This past May I even co-hosted the Craig Norris Hour on CBC 3. That would be a dream job but with all the recession cuts, I have to work quite hard to get anything beyond an internship with them. Plus, they're based out of Vancouver, and I'll be in Edmonton.

Cheers and thanks for reading :)

I will be sending poetry, prose and ideas to:

- In Words (carleton poetry magazine)
- The Moose and Pussy (Ottawa sex lit magazine)
- Upfront
- Iheartmusic
- Cokemachineglow
- and whatever else I possibly can

I'm looking into registering in some writing workshops as well to further challenge me. I just returned back to Canada and was writing quite a bit while away but I'm not sure how good any of that is as it was more self-meditative than entertaining.