Sunday, July 9, 2023
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As the title says, I'M PUBLISHED!!! My very first article is officially out for the world to see and I couldn't be more excited. Article below!
Peculiar comet confirms existence of water ice in the asteroid belt | Physics Today | AIP Publishing
Work Stuff: This week was short due to the holiday, so I do not have too many updates besides the obvious. I truly am so excited to see my work out there. I thought this week, since most of it consisted of prep for my next article, I would talk about the process of creating my first article. This particular story was one that was discussed at the monthly Physics Today (PT) meeting in June. This meeting is to discuss which stories will be researched, written, and put into the magazine. There are always several more options than what will actually go in, so I took one of the stories we decided not to use in print and wrote an online article about it, which are typically shorter than the print stories. I did my research on the topic, reached out to the researcher (whose work the article is based around), interviewed him, wrote the piece, sent it in to the editors, did five rounds of edits, sent it to the copyeditors, and now here it is! This whole process took about 3 weeks. Normally, pieces would go out a little faster, but my mentors let me take my time and really learn about the process, which I am grateful for. So many people helped me put this together and answered my many questions. I love the PT staff and their willingness to teach me some of the basics. I honestly feel proud of myself and I can't explain how emotional seeing my article online made me. <3
Fun Stuff: This was a pretty jam-packed week (in a good way). On Monday, all the interns went to the Nationals baseball game, which was fun despite how insanely hot it was. My mom came to visit me and went to the game with us, which was pretty special. She and I grabbed the very last available canoe and watched the July 4th fireworks from the Potomac the next day. We also did a bit of bouldering at a rock climbing gym. :) Some of us played some video games on Wednesday, Jenna lead an absolutely amazing workshop at ACP on Thursday, and a group of us went to Kramers (a bookstore/restaurant) yesterday! The week ended with a nice walk around the National Gallery of Art with Brynn :) Overall, it was a very full but exciting week of activities. I still can't believe I am here sometimes.
Poll Results: This week's question was: Do you wear socks when you sleep? I was not surprised to see an 8-2 vote for No Socks (It depends for me; I wear them in the winter cause it's chilly where I live).
The point is: I AM A PUBLISHED WRITER!
Hannah Means