Taking Dr. Hersberger's 'Introduction to Library and Information Studies' in the fall of 2010 was like falling down the rabbit hole. She made sparks fly through my brain. She shook me up from my Tin Man slumber; applied smelling salts to my brain. She's a Johnny Appleseed who plants wonder, and questions, and ideas that tickle, nag and speak later when she's long gone on her next undertaking.
So while I was an awkward student in Dr. Hersberger's class, and couldn't even think of a thing to say to her when I had a chance at our end-of-the-semester party, I still remembered things she said that came floating out of nowhere; One of these things was something like "If anyone needs help publishing, talk to me." She also told us that we could actually design up to two courses of our own, LIS690. All we needed was an area of interest and a professor to sponsor us. Of course I wanted Dr. H.
While my ears perked up about publishing, I dismissed it at the time because I figured she meant academic publishing, and not the kind of things I've written. But I kept hearing her say it in my head, so I ventured out with an email. The upshot is that Dr. H. is my advisor and I am setting out on a quest to find out what publishing opportunies exist on the internet, and try to get myself published while earning credits towards my Master's degree. Win. Win. Win.
Slick.
I am keeping this blog as an account of my findings in the world of internet publishing. I also want to know if agents and the big book publishers are becoming unnecessary, and how to promote published works via the web.
This Future Librarian's 'Not to Miss List'
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. 1865.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum; illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Chicago: George M. Hill Company, 1900.
Or read about historical figure, Johnny Appleseed (1774 – 1845), born John Chapman, an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. He became an American legend while still alive, because of his kind and generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples.
So while I was an awkward student in Dr. Hersberger's class, and couldn't even think of a thing to say to her when I had a chance at our end-of-the-semester party, I still remembered things she said that came floating out of nowhere; One of these things was something like "If anyone needs help publishing, talk to me." She also told us that we could actually design up to two courses of our own, LIS690. All we needed was an area of interest and a professor to sponsor us. Of course I wanted Dr. H.
While my ears perked up about publishing, I dismissed it at the time because I figured she meant academic publishing, and not the kind of things I've written. But I kept hearing her say it in my head, so I ventured out with an email. The upshot is that Dr. H. is my advisor and I am setting out on a quest to find out what publishing opportunies exist on the internet, and try to get myself published while earning credits towards my Master's degree. Win. Win. Win.
Slick.
I am keeping this blog as an account of my findings in the world of internet publishing. I also want to know if agents and the big book publishers are becoming unnecessary, and how to promote published works via the web.
This Future Librarian's 'Not to Miss List'
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. 1865.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum; illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Chicago: George M. Hill Company, 1900.
Or read about historical figure, Johnny Appleseed (1774 – 1845), born John Chapman, an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. He became an American legend while still alive, because of his kind and generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples.
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