MBryn

Hello, all. For those of you who still check this page, I am very much alive, just not very active on most of the social media pages that I once called home. I update pretty sporadically, but I'm considering getting back into social media in a more casual sense. Thus, my newest update here. I mentioned in my last journal entry that I was getting a website for my editing services up and running. Well, that website now exists! If you go to www.brynschutedits.com, you'll be able to read about my mission statement, my goals for editing writing, and my rates. Eventually there will be a few more sections (such as a blog, and an announcements section where I'll post info about giveaways and special rates). If you or someone you know is looking for an editor for their writing, there's a contact form on the website where you/they have a chance to tell me a little about your needs and your project. I have experience with the following genres, though these aren't the only ones I work in or

It's been nearly three years since my last update. So, what's changed for me? Let's go back to 2018. I started work at a college writing center and was reasonably happy there for a couple of years. In December 2018, my dad (who some of you might remember as the source of a number of my issues while I was younger), died. I was able to see him before he did, and though he was unconscious, I got to tell him all the things I'd been bottling up for over a decade. It was cathartic, and it's the best I could have hoped for under the circumstances. In 2019, I was still working at the community college writing center. I was overworked, but it was important stuff. In February 2020, I turned 33. In March 2020, COVID-19 forced my campus to move to remote operations. From March to June, I tutored from home via email and video conferencing. In May of 2020, my partner, Tom, got a job offer for a company in Virginia. It was too good to pass up, so I quit my job and we resolved to make it work.

Short answer: a total lack of creative output. Longer answer: okay, a total lack of creative output is a bit of a stretch, but not by much. These days I'm not posting much writing, which is pretty unfortunate. Grad school kind of burnt a lot out of me, and even three years out I'm struggling to get back to the place where I love writing. In the meantime, I've published a total of two short stories. The first is "Threshold" and was in The Apocrypha Files: From the Ashes, Rise, which is a post-apocalyptic anthology that you can buy on Amazon. The second is called "Exchange" and will soon be available in the second volume of The Apocrypha File