"Brittany Earns her Ears"

Applications for the Disney College Program should be coming out in about 21 days! I'm really excited to apply again, and I'm really starting to feel less nervous about it. The more I've thought about it, and discussed my plans with some friends, the more confident I'm feeling about getting in.

           

Now for the announcement: I was actually going to wait to see if I got in to the program or not to announce this, but I’ve already told a couple of people so I figured I might as well just come out and say it. As you may already know, the book “Amber Earns her Ears,” which I reviewed on this blog a couple of weeks ago, is going to become a series . I have been chosen to be one of the writers in this series, and “Brittany Earns her Ears,” is expected to come out in 2015! I was hesitant to announce this on my blog (or anywhere really), because obviously my writing the book is dependent upon me being accepted into the program again. Because I’ve already mentioned it to a couple of people I think now it might be better off if I just announced it officially. So there we go! My book will be slightly different from Amber’s because I will be writing it in real time, during the program, if I am accepted. I’ve already written the first couple of chapters, and will be submitting them to the publishing company by the end of this month.

            

I’m really looking forward to writing a book, because it is something that I’ve always wanted to do. I won’t be neglecting this blog though, so feel free to still come on here even if you do plan on buying the books in the series. My book, even with the couple of chapters I’ve worked on so far, is much more detailed and expanded than blog posts will ever be, and sometimes they will be on different topics. This blog is about my experiences with Disney in general, and my book is more specifically going to be about my experiences with the Disney College Program.

           

I know some people are hesitant to buy books like this because they feel that they can find the same information online for free, and without sounding too biased since I’m writing the book I’d like to quickly debunk this. I can see from what I’ve already written in the book that what will be written in the series is different from what you can find on the internet. A couple of things that I’ve mentioned in my early stages of writing have already been discussed in this blog, but the book will present it much differently. I find that many blogs, including my own, are really just a quick run-down of a series of events. Published memoirs on the contrary, take a greater amount of effort and are much more thought provoking to write, which in my opinion enhances the finished product. My book goes into so much more detail and shows the reader much more of my personality than my blog ever will, or really possibly could.

And I’d also just like to point out that these are not books that you buy to answer simple questions or to learn about policies of the program. I’ve heard of people who feel that blogs are a better resource for learning about the program since the internet is more quickly updated than printed books will be. This is completely true, the internet will be more up to date on policies than a book, however I do not even think that blogs are the right place to look for this kind of information. If you are looking for any kind of official policies regarding the program, I would urge you to go directly to the official website or contact Disney’s recruiting team yourself. It’s just too easy to misread someone’s blog post, or there’s always a possibility that the person who wrote it was not correct in the first place, so for official policies I would look only towards official Disney sources. That being said, I have come across some blogs that do a great job of presenting this same information in an organized manner, and that is great, but if you are really looking for something important go to an official Disney website just in case.

Basically what I’m saying is that the books in this series are different from anything you’d read online. Especially towards the beginning of this blog, I’ve assumed that most of my readers know me in person, and therefore do not need to really know anything extra about myself. Through my book I have really opened up more than I would on this blog about myself, so that the reader can really gain better insight into my experiences. I don’t mean to turn you away from my own blog, or other blogs, I just wanted to make it clear that I think all of the books in the series will bring something to readers that can’t be found on the internet. I’m not sure if this post even made much sense, or got across what I wanted it to, but this is also explained in further detail in my book, so maybe you’ll be able to read more about this in 2015. :)

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