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Friday Writing

So, I have been writing my whole life. I was also a bit of a club joiner in high school. I worked on the school newspaper and the literary magazine. Since then, I have found places to submit my writing and work with other writers. That has included doing resumes.

I know resumes are scary. But they are useful… So I decided that I would touch on resume writing today. Templates are found easily for resume writing. Really though, you can do one without a template. It is a bit of common sense.

Start with your name and address at the top corner. This is how the employer can contact you. It should be name, address, and phone number…but nowadays you should probably also include your email address.

Next section is experience. List between 3-10 years of employment. If you have spaces of unemployment, explain it. Were you in school? The entry for each employer should list the address, phone number, job title and description, and how long you were there.

Follow this with skills. This is a section that you can get creative with how you describe what you are capable of. It’s like the meme says.

This is the section for this. You have leeway in how you describe what you are capable of, just make sure that you only describe things that you are actually capable of doing. Lying on the resume might look good in the beginning, but it will catch up to you.

Next is education. You have college? List it, put the school, address, phone number, your major and whatever degree you received. Don’t have college? List your high school and any extra courses that you may have taken at any technical school.

Lastly, list any awards you have. Any other thing that you feel is pertaining to the job you are aiming for. I recommend keeping a digital copy that you can adjust as needed.

So does this help any? Any questions?

Thursday Tea Party

Hello, lovely friends. I hope that this tea party finds you well? If not I think that I can find you some lavender and jasmine blend to ease the belly.

My tea today came from the gas station . I have a weakness for peach.

It is really good, and all of the ingredients are pronouncable. I wonder about the chemicals that are in food nowadays. Sometimes, I feel like a lab rat for all of the chemicals in my food. So, when possible, I like getting more natural food.

A friend shared a nice meme with me yesterday made me smile.

I am not sure that I qualify as a Positive Patti. Though I do try. Some of the topics that I discuss are not meant to be positive.

My memoir is in preorder. I almost did not write it. I am not famous , not someone who most people would seek out to read the life story of. However, I tell my stories semi freely. I can’t help it. I don’t want to hide the past… Hiding brings shame. I have no reason to be ashamed.

Well a couple of women in one of my author groups on Facebook pushed me to write a memoir. Memoirs are for people who are famous or have enormous stories to share, I argued. They pointed out that my stories were bigger than I realized.

From stories of surviving abuse and rape to cute childhood memories, interspersed with poetry, I believe that Inspiration Without a Home is worth the read. It is my truth. There is some people who have reason to claim I am lying. I don’t intend to argue. This is my story, my truth. Let them tell theirs if they wish.

I am finally in a place in my life where I can speak my truth and not fear for the cost.

Friday my bestie, and partner in Fae Corps Publishing, releases her new YA novel. A Royal’s Undoing by Cyndi Pilcher is the first book in what looks to be an interesting set. It is filled with Elves, Murder, magic and political intrigue. Not wanting to spoil it, because I truly think it is worth the read, but the ending has a great twist.

Creative’s Rising E-Zine is in the process of production. Things that caused the summer edition to be stopped have been set to rights. So the Fall edition will be on time. I will have poetry within.

I recently interviewed for a bi-weekly writing position. If I get it I will be doing a bi-weekly article there as well. Maybe I will get in to their poetry department.

In order to apply for them, I had to do a resume. I was surprised by the amount of places I could claim in the last few years. Though I have been writing my whole life, I have only been doing the publish and share thing since 2010. Which seems like so much longer than it really is.

Oh my! Rambling on today. I didn’t realize how much I had to say! So, I am going to leave you with a question. If you had to write a memoir, what is the first memory that you would want to include?