Hello,
I’m Adrienna of An Accidental Vagabond.
I’m a writer and a former ESL Kindergarten teacher. I have worn many hats or costumes, as I like to say, in my life. I spent several years in the service and hospitality industry. I’ve worked in administrative positions in both real estate and tech. I was once a snowboard instructor and an actress.
I’ve Always Been Writing
Although, I have done many things work wise to survive and carve out a living, I have always been writing.
I won my first writing contest when I was eight. I write about traveling on this blog, but my real dream is to write short stories and a novel. I’d like to write fiction, but I tend to gravitate toward memoir. What is it they say? Write what you know.
I have a degree in both Theatre and English with a minor in writing and geology. I also have a certificate in the Mastery of Creative Writing, along with a TEFL certification. I have attended some inspiring writing events in the past and I look forward to attending more in the future.
Fundraising and Event Coordination
I have coordinated events in the past for work and school, but my crowning achievement was when I needed to raise money to pay for my tuition into The Attic’s Anthenum Mastery of Writing program.
Based off a phrase from William S. Burroughs, I titled my fundraising event Don’t Short Change the Muse. Meaning we have to feed the muse in order to survive as artists.
There were two Don’t Short Change the Muse and both were very successful. They are both stories of love and community. You can read my post: How to have a Successful Fundraiser for a Future Writer.
A Little Travel Herstory
The first time I ever left the United States I was 24 or 25 years old. I just made the cut for the Go25 card that allowed for youth prices for Eurail. Since then, I have lived and worked in Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, China, and South Korea.
I’ve seen a lot of Europe, just a tiny section of China, and nearly all of South Korea, including a few islands. I have also driven across the northern United States, and driven from Manitoba to British Columbia in Canada.
Writings
In Canada, I worked for a blog writing reviews about plays during the Canadian Fringe Festival. I wrote copy for Presents of Mind in Portland Oregon, back when they had a blog. My most recent publications have been with Korea By Me a website about things to do in Korea written by foreigners living in Korea. I’ve recently started posting on Medium topics that don’t quite fit the themes I’ve got running here. So, if this is not your speed you can check out my work on Medium.
Teaching
I started work as an EFL/ESL teacher in 2013. I first worked as a High School Literature teacher in Zhengzhou, China. Then after China, I moved to Prague, and in 2015, received my TEFL certification. I soon found work teaching adults in Prague.
I also worked in Slovakia with high school and middle school ages, and in Poland, I volunteered with Angloville conducting conversation English with adults.
In 2016, I moved to South Korea, where I worked with adults and middle school, but my main position was as a kindergarten teacher.
My First Dream was Acting
As I mentioned in my intro, I was an actress performing for two summers in Court Theatre in Chico for CSUC, and in a touring company, performing the show Inviting Desire, with Dance Naked Productions.
A fun tidbit: Once, for a short time, I was a level 1 snowboard instructor for the Armed Forced Recreation Center (AFRC) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Other Blogs and Writing
If you are interested in reading any of my poetry, short stories, notes on writing or my photography see the following links below.
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Thank you for the like and the follow, it is very encouraging. Terry.
P.S. If the answer to this question is yes then you are a writer and not a hobbyist……………. do you have to write?
This is a tricky answer for me. Do I have to write? Have to? It’s more like I can’t help it. If I’m not writing stories or poems, which I want to write, but often don’t, I journal. I write in my journal almost daily which is why I don’t always blog. So yes, I have to write. But, when I think about the play I want to write, and the adaptation I want to write, or the poems in my head, and all of the short stories, and the next novel, all the stuff that wont come out because I think about how no one will ever read them- I feel comfortable with my writing as a hobby idea. I hope it will trick me into writing all of my ideas. I don’t know if that makes any sense.
Thanks Terry. I look forward to reading more of your posts, and thanks for liking my Zizkov excerpt. I really appreciate that- talk about encouraging.
My pleasure. Any trick that keeps you writing is a good trick.
Adrienna,
various google searches led me to your blog and I’m grateful for it. I really love your haunting video of Sue as well as your letters from an old friend section…she was incredibly special to me…an unofficial godmother (she hated that term) to my son. Will you send me an email? Would love to back channel a few things. PS also saw your post on Pollock. The Krasner bio is just out and it is fantastic. Warmly, Aby