Haha~ No, I’m a junior, in the beginning of my junior year, I’m just planning ahead, because we’re allowed to ^_^ I’m making lots of preperations becuase I know what Collage I want to go to, so I’m trying to make sure I meet all thier requirements.

I could Make 50 hours of work, but I get your point. My mom was thrilled with the idea of me working for/with you though. Since I have pleanty of ideas and suggestions I really could come up with 50 hours of work… Especially if I was trying to get a book of my own published for my senior end of year project.

Working with VIZ or another major publishing company, though appealing, probably wouldn’t work, because I don’t know how well they would take to me and my being ambitious. I’d probably be kicked out (if I even managed to get in) within two hours XD

I’d love to Intern now, but mom would kill me for it… I’m not doing too well at the moment so, it’s a big no no as far as this year is concerned, but I’ll keep DMP in mind for next school year or over the summer. ^_^ I’ll check it out to find out where they are in perspective to me though. Thanks for all the help ^_^

Jade

It’s alright, I’d be more likely to pester the heck out of you. I’ll admit it, I’m a pain in the butt, expecially when I’m excited. I’d be trying to make suggestions and a lot of that, when it really isn’t my place. I’d MAKE 50 hours of work XD I’m terrible, I know…

That’d be cool, going straight to a publishing company… Maybe I could make my senior project getting one of my books published ^_^ That would be soo awesome~! But I’m dreaming too large again, I got to get through Junior year before I can get through Senior year and get to the fun stuff XD

My mother would kill me if I took up an Internship RIGHT now… Where are they (DMP) based? Yeah, most places are “a bit of a hike” from where I live, according to my mother… >_< but she'd try for me ^_^ Main problem for me right now is ballancing school work and everything else… Can't wait til next year, cuz this summer I might get to go to L.A. with a friend and I'll get to see a dear friend and soo much is just waiting for me in Senior year!! ^_^ I get too excited too soon… I need to focus on the NOW. Anyway, I digress, talk to you later~

Hey Jade — that’s exciting to hear that you’re finishing up your senior year — senior year for me was actually a lot of fun, so I hope you’re having a blast and enjoying making preparations for the next big thing.

And yes, there are times when having an intern would be very helpful for me, but honestly, at this time, we don’t have 10 hours of work, let alone 50 hours to offer someone. We’re a pretty small operation, after all, and almost all of the work I conduct with the people I hire is carried out over email. While this may changw once some more of our work is out there, IMHO, right now you’d be better off reaching out to a publishing company, like say VIZ, that has a system in place to bring on interns and, I’d imagine, have ways to make that experience worth all the effort and time those hardworking interns put into their work.

If working on with a yaoi publisher is more your thing, you might check out DMP. They are actually listing for an Intern right now:

http://www.digitalmanga.com/career/4/

They might be a bit of a hike from where you live, but at least they are in CA. And they might know of other opportunities that are more local to you.

Good luck!

Alex

Thank you for your time~
Jade “Ris-Chan”

P.S. Still a big fan~! ^_^