Let's start with one of my newest writing obsessions: Yelp. For those of you who have never heard of and/or been on the Yelp website, to put it frankly, 'get in.' Your online ratings guide to just about everything and anything, almost anywhere in the world, Yelp was brought to my attention by my lovely boyfriend after suggesting we attend one of their London events. So we journeyed a whole 5 minutes down the road towards Portobello to taste (for free might I add) the various cuisines and drinks from a variety of locally owned restaurants. Two hours later, we left delighted; stomachs full with sushi,crepes,quesadillas, and couscous, pockets filled with vouchers/menus, and ever so slightly drunk. Over all, a very successful evening. After that, I decided Yelp was to be my newest writing obsession, and, seeing I have a bit of time on my hands at the moment (ha), there was no reason not to make it so. For those of you interested in using Yelp, you can find it at: http://www.yelp.com (or .co.uk if you're in the UK). For my profile/reviews see: http://www.yelp.co.uk/user_details?userid=nO-AlmeSHteTNx3N8yKxWA
Right, from there came a second idea to bide my time in the world of fun-employment. Seeing as I'm always trying to promote my photography services, I decided to follow along with some of my other friends/fellow photographers and create a facebook page for Ashley Bess Photography. If you look on the side panel of this blog, you'll see I've put a direct link, for your viewing pleasure. So far, I have 122 likes, meaning that 122 people are following my page, hopefully resulting in clientele.
On that note, I did a shoot for The Baytree Centre yesterday for their 2010 Knit-Off/Clothing Drive, which was a huge success. To further this, for those of you who have been following along my photography via my flickr account, lifelessordinary7 , thank you and please keep up the viewing. However, after being given a wonderful tidbit of advice from another fellow photographer, I've decided to split my photography one more time. Now, if you're interested in viewing anything 'business' related (community events, weddings, photo shoots etc.) please see www.flickr.com/Ashleybessphotography. For all other 'personal' shots (artistic photographs) continue following lifelessordinary7.
Finally, and this is an exciting one, there is an opening with a literary agent in London for an internship/assistant position; we're meeting for coffee today to discuss the position. While it's not paid, it's much welcomed experience; experience that will most definitely help me transition into the editorial/literary world.
