As an emerging author, I’m always looking for unique ways to get my work out there and connect with new readers, so when author John Fox, a good friend of mine, mentioned that he had worked with student interns to help him with his popular writing website,
Bookfox, the gears started spinning in my head. After contemplating the idea for a while, I decided to bring on an intern of my own to work with me as a writing assistant.
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| Intern extraordinaire, Jayna Bosse |
As luck would have it,
Jayna Bosse, the applicant who ended up being the most qualified and enthusiastic, is a student at the
Orange County School of Arts (OCSA) Creative Writing Conservatory, a high school writing program that was founded by author
James P. Blaylock and brags
Tim Powers as a master teacher. And oh yeah, and I used to teach there, too (although
I left before Jayna became a student there).
In speaking to her during the interview process, I could tell right away that Jayna and I were on the same page. She’s already a strong writer, has great ideas, and is enthusiastic to learn more. In addition to helping me with the business end of my writing, she’ll also be writing here on this blog. With that in mind, she was kind enough to share some thoughts about herself in the way of an introduction to readers.
GC: So Jayna, when I was there teaching at OCSA, students in the Creative Writing Conservatory really embraced sci-fi, fantasy, and geek culture in general. Have things changed much, or is there still a healthy love for SF/F among students?
