We’re Moving!

Hey all! Just a quick update about where I’ve been and what I’ve been doing (writing, interviewing, editing, revamping the blog a bit).

So, I started this blog back in 2009 when I finally got tired of waiting for the “right time” to really start my magazine. The blog was supposed to work as a complement of sorts- I wanted to write about the issues that teen girls in NYC faced, of course, and highlight parts of the stories that I wasn’t able to include in the print edition because of space, but I also wanted to write about local events, contests, opportunities, resources,  including local/national/global news stories about other teens.

It was very good practice and reading over past blog posts, I think I did a decent job even if I was a bit broad in scope. Along the way, I got a bit frustrated with the lack of traffic, feedback, comments, and (of course) success, so I took a few breaks here and there. But no matter how frustrated I got (at one point, I was even considering shuttering the print magazine), I realized that there is nothing else in this world that I want to do more than the work I am doing now with this blog and magazine. So I always ended up back where I started.

Earlier this year, I started a new blog, http://www.girls-like-us.com, because I wanted to expand my coverage to include the awesome things girls were doing who didn’t happen to live in NY, but, predictably, running two (somewhat similar) blogs at the same time was time consuming and draining. So, I recently combined the two blogs into one. The main blog is going to be  at the http://www.girls-like-us.com location, but I have transferred all of the homegirlnyc.com posts there as well, and you can find a link to Homegirl NYC in the menu bar of the new blog. This way, I can center my focus on “the awesomeness of all girls,” while still focusing regionally on the Homegirl NYC audience. I hope you all will join me over there, read up on some of the newer blog posts and “like” our Facebook page. I have a really great interview with Olympic Boxing Gold Medalist Claressa Shields coming up soon and I’m really looking forward I can’t wait to see what’s next for us.

Thanks for sticking with me.