Today was my first day at Zyzzyva, I worked from 10 am until almost 3 pm. After I went to Zyzzyva I went to my class at 826 Valencia from 6 to 8. We had guest speaker Beth Lisick come in (it will be another post). Zyzzyva was really fun. I got lost at first but I found where it was. I got to read submissions and I proofread a letter for the editor, Laura. I also logged pieces, which meant I had to put everything in an excel spreadsheet and I had to take the authors name, the title, whether it was poetry or fiction, if they had been published, their zip code, the date and whether they lived on the west coast or not. It was interesting to read peoples cover letters and different phrases they used. One day, hopefully, I’ll be writing a cover letter so seeing this was good practice. After I logged I read different pieces and put them in piles of whether I liked them or didn’t. Oscar and Laura read everything but it was nice to be able to have a little input. After I read I worked on the archiving project so I had to scan every page of Zyzzyva so it can go on the blog. Oscar and Laura are also interested in me doing a review piece for the blog, so I might do an art review piece about an art gallery in the main Library. I felt like I got so much done today and I can’t wait to go back tomorrow.