It’s happened. I’ve opened an Etsy shop! Career Services professional by day, artist by night (and lunch breaks). I’ll be selling prints of many of my ink drawings, and eventually the originals! Interested? KBergene Creative! While ‘people-portraits’ are not my area of current skill (ha…), I am happy to do any customized projects. Pets, scenes, a favorite animal – essentially, your imagination, and my pen! Let me know your thoughts and I can certainly work something out for y

Touch Base Tuesday River Ram Press #InspireWriters #InspireReaders The launch of The Ram Boutique: Volume One is coming fast and we are all working hard to make a masterpiece of an academic journal! It has been such a privilege to feature our 12 Highlighted Authors for the last year and I cannot wait to give them a real build up to their publication date. All the content that you missed and all the content you loved and lost will be back in a beautifully constructed journal.

Quick note to RRP Followers. River Ram Press #InspireWriters #InspireReaders Stepping over the threshold of a new year is always an exhilarating experience. With the intense feeling the motivation that comes with a new beginning to the self-made promises of self-betterment, there is so much to fuel the fire within that allows you to achieve great things (even if only for a little while). This feeling does not escape those of us who are working hard behind the scenes of River

It’s that time a year again, when the leaves of brilliant reds, oranges and yellows float to the ground and so very slowly that bite of winter can be felt racing up noses with every breath. Children are back in their classrooms, energetic from their summer holiday and ready to start a new year in their education. It is the time when families start huddling up in their homes around warm fires and feeling ready for bed at 6pm with the darkness out their windows. It is also that

I am a nice person. Generally, people find it easy to get along with me and are calmed by the fact that my smile is always genuine. However, the longer I find myself a woman in this world, I am beginning to discover a new level to relationships (and not the romantic stuff). For a long time, like most women, I wanted to deny it all and pretend the problems were my imagination. But these problems are real and in that fact, I am a feminist. Yes, I am a Feminist. From catcalling

Can we talk about how I have all these posts going for this blog, but I cannot find the time to settle and finish them between my career and all my beloved projects. Anyway, here’s to goals this week! Which one would you like to see completed? xx Kristin #writing #BlogContributor #writingabook #writer #career #Socialmedia #Publishing #riverrampress #workethic #Shortstory #creativewriting #ghostwriter #personal #lifeexperiences #experience #KristinBergene #press #Business #pro

One day I’ll post an article on my own blog again… until then, here’s another quick post! River Ram Press #InspireWriters #InspireReaders HIYA! This thought occurred to me, as I was snuggling into bed with a new David Sadaris book, that you have to listen to me chat on about River Ram Press when you have no clue who I am or what I am, or what I do. This, of course, might not bother you, but for those who are interested, this post is for you! I am a person who has always been

We sit at the wooden bench closest to the boatyard. The congestion of the city a few blocks beyond the back door of The Net can’t reach us here. The gulls, the occasional squeak of boat meeting dock, or groan of a taught rope is the soundtrack to our lunch. So pleased. “If it didn’t take forever to get out here, I’d come every day. We’re already down to forty minutes.” “We’ll get back in time. You’ll make sure of it.” “If they’re quicker than last time.” Jessica pulls out a p

There is something about this world, our world, that has begun to drive me nuts. It’s about unemployment, minimum wage and those who like to call my generation ‘lazy.’ I’m going to keep this brief, I promise, but I consider all of this a serious injustice to those who are working hard to survive with little support from our government and without the promise of a career – even with an advanced education. Now, I do get where the term lazy comes from. I imagine our grandparents

The complete and latest project for Kingston University, under editor Alison Hill: Rhythm & Muse Festival. To hire me as your personal designer, please email: kristin.e.bergene@gmail.com xx, Kristin #writing #artdesign #freelance #brochure #music #illustration #entertainment #Design #Business #graphicdesign #inspiration #Arts

Latest project for Kingston University, under editor Alison Hill: Rhythm & Muse Festival. Will add the full brochure as the festival begins marketing. To hire me as your personal designer, please email: kristin.e.bergene@gmail.com xx, Kristin #personaldesigner #kingstonuniversity #Design #Business #alisonhill #advertising

Sometimes, I forget that the whole point of me… That the whole point of this… Is to write. It’s a horrible thing to admit, but when you are first out there trying to find a sliver of a path in the dark, the things you value the most begin to fall the to the bottom of your knapsack. Right now, as I frantically work out where I’m headed, what I’m doing and attempt to find a direction, I have this nagging feeling that I have something that will make everything okay, but I can’t

I was recently approached by editor Alison Hill to design a book cover for the upcoming publication of Lyrical Beats. The book was a Rhythm & Muse publication. Here is the final product: I will link up when the book becomes available for purchase. It is sure to be filled with the great talent that is associated with Kingston University writers. xx, Kristin #literature #PublishingandPrinting #Bookcover #publish #illustration #Art #Author #Design #Business #graphicdesign #Arts

Our biggest struggle is getting all the interested people to actually submit their work, or stop self-criticizing themselves and choosing not to submit. Somehow, I’ll have to encourage them otherwise.Yay, challenges! Anyway, with all the energy I have put into TIME FRAME in the last couple of days (while balancing my full time job at the newspaper), I have been unable to edit my next creative post. It is a piece I conjured in the heat of the moment, so while the language is p