A Thousand Words

Classes have been over exactly one week, and today I started back on my major project with considerably more enthusiasm than I expected. I must admit, I got used to writing about publishing for my class blog, so if some industry ramblings show up here occasionally, that's why.

Over the weekend I wrote a little piece for the Brookes website about my experience of the course so far. It was good to reflect on the last eight months, for despite my frustrations with myself and the course in general, I am incredibly grateful for my time here.

A picture is supposed to be worth a thousand words, and I would need at least that many to give you a proper update. So here are three.



Easter Sunday in the Scottish Highlands













Loch Ness


















Spring in Oxford

Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
and come away,
for behold, the winter is past;
the rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing has come
Song of Solomon 2:10-12a

Freedom

It has been too miserably long since I've written to attempt a proper catch-up, so I'll just jump right back in media res.

I'm sitting in the computer lab right now finishing my last bits of coursework for the year. Freedom is nearly here, and I intend to fully enjoy the summer holidays. However, my thoughts are beginning to turn to what I'll do in September, when my major project will be finished and I'll find myself facing the world beyond Oxford.

One of my many hypothetical plans is to get a publishing job in Scotland. (I visited it for the first time over Easter and can definitely see myself living in Edinburgh.) BUT I just discovered a rather discouraging article that said one of the very publishers I was interested in (St Andrew Press) is "on the brink of closure." There is a glimmer of hope, however, in that one of the executives of Publishing Scotland said the industry "is moving to digital, publishing on demand, or the internet and blogs."

Maybe this MA in Digital Publishing degree will be enough to earn me a spot in Braveheart country?