New job, new school, new ads

For starters, if you haven't heard on Twitter/Facebook by now, I have a new job! An amazing job that I'm absolutely loving so far. I'm officially the Assistant Managing Editor for Florida Monthly Magazine! I get to oversee all of the freelancers, edit their articles, assign pieces, review books (yes!) and oversee quite a bit. It's really fun and I'm learning quite a bit. The magazine covers events and stories all throughout Florida so I'm going to be traveling a bit as well. Best part? I got my friend Katie a job there as well; it's nice having a buddy in the workplace. I don't know how I became so lucky to get such an opportunity.

In other news, I'm a month into grad school. I like it so far! I'm learning a lot, but it's about subjects I enjoy so it doesn't seem like work. I get to talk about young adult books and libraries - what more could I want? For instance, I learned that i'm not quite an adult, i'm, according to Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, an Emerging Adult. It's a new stage of development between young adults and adults. The age refers to people who postpone marriage and parenthood, and instead wish to explore love, life, and work (and travel, for me). Interesting!

Lastly, HDS has finally started to accept ads. I'm picky and very protective of HDS, but some places I trust and enjoy so I don't mind them advertising with me. With that, check out VistaPrint's ad on my sidebar. Both my brother and I got our business cards done by them - they're quite good. (If anyone else wishes to advertise with me, please let me know.)

Due to work and school, book reviews and posts may be sporadic for a bit, but they'll be back on track eventually. I'm new to balancing all of this, after all.