Résumé

WRITING

+ June 2008: Started doing freelance articles for Mookychick.

+ April 2008: Became a blogger for the myUsearch blog.

+ August 2007 - April 2008: Maintained an online arts magazine, Jill Pushed Jack and have interviewed (via email) women in the arts like musicians Amanda Palmer, Rebekah Higgs and Carmen Townsend and comedian Maria Bamford.

+ May 2005: Graduated from The Institute of Children's Literature and was offered a position in the advanced course.

+ September 2005 – February 2006: Wrote monthly articles for my high school newspaper, The Cougar Chronicles, while in Journalism 12.

+ September 2002 – June 2003: I wrote a monthly music review in my junior high school newspaper, The Wesman Gazette.

(To see my published writing, click here.)



ONLINE EXPERIENCE

+ June 2008: Started doing freelance articles for Mookychick.

+ April 2008: Became a blogger for the myUsearch blog.

+ February 2008: Started my first-ever niche blog, Kill Jill Goes To College.

+ August 2007 - April 2008: Started Jill Pushed Jack. (See "Writing" for more details.)

+ July 2007: Started Flogalicious, a directory for fictional blogs.

+ January 2005 - July 2007: Built and managed a fansite for the TV series House, House-Online.org (which was, at one time, the most extensive House fansite on the internet).

+ 2001-ish: Began blogging, mostly personal.

+ 1998-ish: Began learning HTML, building small websites and basic graphic design.



THEATRE

+ January – May 2007: Was the Head Stage Manager for the Cobequid Educational Centre production of High School Musical.

+ June 2006 & 2007: Presented shortened versions of Chicago (for Drama 11) and The Producers (for Musical Theatre 12).

+ February – April 2003: Was a prompter for the West Colchester Consolidated School production of Rumpelstiltskin.



VOLUNTEER WORK

+ October 2005 and October 2006: Volunteered at a public Halloween haunted house.

+ September – October 2002: Volunteered at the West Colchester Consolidated School library, shelving books.



AWARDS

+ June 2005 and June 2006: Received Honors in both grade 10 and 11.

+ June 2003: Received the Eric Rackham Bursary at West Colchester Consolidated School.



EDUCATION

+ September 2008: Will be starting the Journalism program at Holland College (in Charlottetown, PEI).

+ June 2007: Graduated from Cobequid Educational Centre.



OTHER

+ Currently working part-time at a local convenience store.

+ March 2008: Was interviewed about blogging on Webmaster Journal. (Read the interview here.)

+ April – June 2003: Was a member of the prom committee at West Colchester Consolidated School.

+ Twice took an art class taught by local painter, Joy Laking.



SKILLS & HOBBIES

+ Can type ninety words a minute and am very comfortable using a computer.

+ Am familiar with Paint Shop Pro, Open Office, Audacity and many other applications. Also familiar with basic HTML, CSS, web design, online research and weblogs.

+ I enjoy writing (fiction and non-fiction), photography, web design, graphic design, historical research, scrapbooking, painting, blogging and reading.