Tag Archives: English major

Switching Careers: Leaving Law for the World of Words

  Name: Erynn Im-Sato Current Title: Sales Rep, Proprietary and Display Marketer Sales Hometown:  Torrance, California Graduated From: UC Santa Barbara, 2005 Currently work and live: HarperCollins Publishers, New York My path to publishing: I was an English major in college and I thought I wanted to be a journalist or editor. My first job outContinue reading “Switching Careers: Leaving Law for the World of Words”

The 6 Secrets Every Writer Needs to Know

My May 2011 commencement address was so bad, so completely depressing rather than inspiring, that it’s the only Bloomsburg speech in the past three years that isn’t posted on YouTube. Officially, Eduardo Ochoa, the assistant secretary for postsecondary education, “discussed how Bloomsburg University has prepared students to be active and engaged participants in the globalContinue reading “The 6 Secrets Every Writer Needs to Know”

“So, You Want to Work in Publishing?”–Aly Northridge

Welcome to the guest blogging series, So, You Want to Work in Publishing! Every Thursday you can look forward to the personal stories of how someone else broke into publishing. (For previous posts in the series, check out this page.) The guest bloggers and I hope that you find our stories encouraging, informative, and helpfulContinue reading ““So, You Want to Work in Publishing?”–Aly Northridge”

“So, You Want to Work in Publishing?”–Nick Martorelli

Welcome to the guest blogging series, So, You Want to Work in Publishing! Every Thursday you can look forward to the personal stories of how someone else broke into publishing. (For previous posts in the series, check out this page.) The guest bloggers and I hope that you find our stories encouraging, informative, and helpfulContinue reading ““So, You Want to Work in Publishing?”–Nick Martorelli”

“So, You Want to Work in Publishing?”–Lauren Castner

Welcome to the guest blogging series, So, You Want to Work in Publishing! Every Thursday you can look forward to the personal stories of how someone else broke into publishing. (For previous posts in the series, check out this page.) The guest bloggers and I hope that you find our stories encouraging, informative, and helpfulContinue reading ““So, You Want to Work in Publishing?”–Lauren Castner”

“So, You Want to Work in Publishing”–Susan Barnes

Name: Susan Barnes Current Title: Editorial Assistant for Orbit Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group Hometown: Peoria, IL Graduated from: Valparaiso University, 2011 Where you currently work and live:I live in Queens and I work in Manhattan. Your Path to Publishing: Same as pretty much every other student out there, I had no ideaContinue reading ““So, You Want to Work in Publishing”–Susan Barnes”

“So, You Want to Work in Publishing?”–Andrea Modica

Welcome to the guest blogging series, So, You Want to Work in Publishing! Every Thursday you can look forward to the personal stories of how someone else broke into publishing. The guest bloggers and I hope that you find our stories encouraging, informative, and helpful in your own path to a publishing career. If you’reContinue reading ““So, You Want to Work in Publishing?”–Andrea Modica”