Publishing & Thoughts

On publishing:
     One of the only publishing companies I was able to find was Lulu.com. Through this site the user to create a professional published work of art. To publish work on this site simply create an account and then you can begin creating your book. Like the site says- it's free to join and publish!

Since we have been using blogging as a way of writing within this course, I had found a blogging submission on The Hearald News' website. On that link you can submit your blog to be posted.

On the local level the Fall River newspaper, The Herald News has a submission section for submitting news stories.

I was also able to discover The Allegheny Review which is a national undergraduate literary journal. Students can submit their work (in relation to this course they accept nonfiction) by emailing work (preferably in a word document) to review@allegheny.edu.

The National Collegiate Honors Council also came across in my search. This is a publication opportunity for undergraduate students through research and journals.

In my search for finding publication opportunities for the type of writing done within this course throughout the semester I was able to find that colleges and universities offer publishing opportunities to students through undergraduate research and through a literary journal. Bridgewater State University offers both of these opportunities to students.

For BSU's Undergraduate Review, work can be submitted by creating an account. By creating an account I believe it brings you to a page where you can submit your work for eligibility for publication.
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Thoughts to current events:
     As for the events occurring in Ferguson, Missouri I think the riots that are breaking out not only in Ferguson, but around the United States in protest for Michael Brown's death are insane. There has been protesters walking onto the highway in Rhode Island which is pretty close to where I live. I think this is an unsafe way to protest as many people could have gotten hurt walking out onto the highway, but it did make a powerful statement as around the U,S. where protesters marched into the highway. Though some of the protests and riots are a bit extreme, they are having a powerful impact on people all over the U.S. I feel as if with every negative event, race always becomes a leading factor as to the cause for tragedy. If Michael Brown was white, would this have even been as big of a deal as it is?