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Our newest staff person is editorial and marketing assistant Tomy Huynh! Tomy (his name is pronounced as though it’s spelled Tommy) manages our data, which despite his modest description is a huge and daunting multi-faceted task full of highly contingent details which few people, no matter how brilliant, are able to wrap their brains around. <\/p>\n
1. What do you do here at Microcosm? What kinds of projects are you excited about right now? How did you end up here?<\/strong> Initially, I was primarily doing editorial work (copyediting and proofreading). However, I\u2019ve been more involved with the marketing aspect of the business, focusing on data management (something I didn\u2019t realize I really enjoyed doing until I started doing it).<\/p>\n 2. What books have you read and loved lately? Do you have a favorite Microcosm book?<\/strong> When I\u2019m not at work, I enjoy gardening, biking, hiking, reading and writing, watching CNN, and hanging out with the hubby, our three pukey kitties, and our goofy, accident-prone dog. <\/p>\n 4. Tell us a funny story about bicycling, food, or Portland.<\/strong> A funny story about Portland… I met my husband here in 2011 while I was visiting my brother, who lives in Vancouver, WA. Actually, I met him when he and my brother were on a date (I was dating a Vegas magician at the time). Lots of hilarity, awkwardness, and drama ensued. And a few years later, my brother officiated my marriage. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our newest staff person is editorial and marketing assistant Tomy Huynh! Tomy (his name is pronounced as though it’s spelled Tommy) manages our data, which despite his modest description is a huge and daunting multi-faceted task full of highly contingent details which few people, no matter how brilliant, are able to wrap their brains around…. Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[11,15],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-interviews","tag-meet-microcosm"],"my_excerpt":" 1. What do you do here at Microcosm? What kinds of projects are you excited about right now? How did you end up here?<\/strong> Initially, I was primarily doing editorial work (copyediting and proofreading). However, I\u2019ve been more involved with the marketing aspect of the business, focusing on data management (something I didn\u2019t realize I really enjoyed doing until I started doing it).<\/p>\n 2. What books have you read and loved lately? Do you have a favorite Microcosm book?<\/strong> When I\u2019m not at work, I enjoy gardening, biking, hiking, reading and writing, watching CNN, and hanging out with the hubby, our three pukey kitties, and our goofy, accident-prone dog. <\/p>\n 4. Tell us a funny story about bicycling, food, or Portland.<\/strong> A funny story about Portland… I met my husband here in 2011 while I was visiting my brother, who lives in Vancouver, WA. Actually, I met him when he and my brother were on a date (I was dating a Vegas magician at the time). Lots of hilarity, awkwardness, and drama ensued. And a few years later, my brother officiated my marriage. <\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI\u2019m the editorial and marketing assistant at Microcosm. I manage our marketing data, convert our current and future titles to eBooks, deal with trademark-infringement cases, do light editorial work, and offer support to anyone here who needs it. I started at Microcosm as an intern last December and was honored when Joe and Elly offered me a job after my three-month commitment was up, especially since I really enjoyed working with everyone in the office, and I truly believe in the organization and its products. (Is this answer sycophantic enough so far?) <\/p>\n
\nAs of late, I find I have less time to devote to reading lengthy books (my attention span is shot); I\u2019ve been reading more magazines, news articles, and short stories to get my reading fix. That being said, I\u2019m finishing up an amazing book by Susan Cain called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can\u2019t Stop Talking<\/a><\/em>. Also, at the behest of my English-professor friend, I finally decided to tackle Marcel Proust (starting with Swann\u2019s Way<\/a><\/em>, which I hope to be done with by the end of this year). Regarding Microcosm books, I really like the Railroad Semantics<\/a><\/em> series (makes me nostalgic for my train-hopping days, and it\u2019s very well written), the Henry and Glenn Forever<\/a><\/em> series, the no-nonsense therapy zines by Dr. Faith<\/a>, and the upcoming book Cats I\u2019ve Known<\/a><\/em> by Katie Haegele.
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\n3. Where are you from? What do you like to do when you aren’t at work?<\/strong>
\nI was born and raised in Los Angeles, and lived there until I graduated from high school. Since then, I\u2019ve moved around quite a bit, ultimately ending up here in Portland. In my mid to late twenties, I desperately wanted to move east\u2014mainly Chicago or New York. But, for whatever reason, I was compelled to stay on the West Coast. (The farthest east I\u2019ve managed to live is Las Vegas, which was where I lived for seven years before I moved to Portland in 2013.) At this point in my life, I\u2019ve pretty much set down my roots. I guess that makes me a quintessential West Coaster, having lived in every West Coast state in the contiguous United States (California, Oregon, and Washington).<\/p>\n
\nHmm\u2026 I can\u2019t think of any funny stories involving bicycling. I have a few getting-hit-by-a-car-while-riding-my-bike stories that might be considered funny to some people, though those incidents were not so funny for me in the moment. I\u2019ve been food poisoned (that\u2019s kind of funny, right?). <\/p>\nOur newest staff person is editorial and marketing assistant Tomy Huynh! Tomy (his name is pronounced as though it's spelled Tommy) manages our data, which despite his modest description is a huge and daunting multi-faceted task full of highly contingent details which few people, no matter how brilliant, are able to wrap their brains around. \r\n\r\n1. What do you do here at Microcosm? What kinds of projects are you excited about right now? How did you end up here?<\/strong>\r\nI\u2019m the editorial and marketing assistant at Microcosm. I manage our marketing data, convert our current and future titles to eBooks, deal with trademark-infringement cases, do light editorial work, and offer support to anyone here who needs it. I started at Microcosm as an intern last December and was honored when Joe and Elly offered me a job after my three-month commitment was up, especially since I really enjoyed working with everyone in the office, and I truly believe in the organization and its products. (Is this answer sycophantic enough so far?) \r\n\r\nInitially, I was primarily doing editorial work (copyediting and proofreading). However, I\u2019ve been more involved with the marketing aspect of the business, focusing on data management (something I didn\u2019t realize I really enjoyed doing until I started doing it).\r\n\r\n2. What books have you read and loved lately? Do you have a favorite Microcosm book?<\/strong>\r\nAs of late, I find I have less time to devote to reading lengthy books (my attention span is shot); I\u2019ve been reading more magazines, news articles, and short stories to get my reading fix. That being said, I\u2019m finishing up an amazing book by Susan Cain called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can\u2019t Stop Talking<\/a><\/em>. Also, at the behest of my English-professor friend, I finally decided to tackle Marcel Proust (starting with Swann\u2019s Way<\/a><\/em>, which I hope to be done with by the end of this year). Regarding Microcosm books, I really like the Railroad Semantics<\/a><\/em> series (makes me nostalgic for my train-hopping days, and it\u2019s very well written), the Henry and Glenn Forever<\/a><\/em> series, the no-nonsense therapy zines by Dr. Faith<\/a>, and the upcoming book Cats I\u2019ve Known<\/a><\/em> by Katie Haegele. \r\n\r\n3. Where are you from? What do you like to do when you aren't at work?<\/strong>\r\nI was born and raised in Los Angeles, and lived there until I graduated from high school. Since then, I\u2019ve moved around quite a bit, ultimately ending up here in Portland. In my mid to late twenties, I desperately wanted to move east\u2014mainly Chicago or New York. But, for whatever reason, I was compelled to stay on the West Coast. (The farthest east I\u2019ve managed to live is Las Vegas, which was where I lived for seven years before I moved to Portland in 2013.) At this point in my life, I\u2019ve pretty much set down my roots. I guess that makes me a quintessential West Coaster, having lived in every West Coast state in the contiguous United States (California, Oregon, and Washington).\r\n\r\nWhen I\u2019m not at work, I enjoy gardening, biking, hiking, reading and writing, watching CNN, and hanging out with the hubby, our three pukey kitties, and our goofy, accident-prone dog. \r\n\r\n4. Tell us a funny story about bicycling, food, or Portland.<\/strong>\r\nHmm\u2026 I can\u2019t think of any funny stories involving bicycling. I have a few getting-hit-by-a-car-while-riding-my-bike stories that might be considered funny to some people, though those incidents were not so funny for me in the moment. I\u2019ve been food poisoned (that\u2019s kind of funny, right?). \r\n\r\nA funny story about Portland... I met my husband here in 2011 while I was visiting my brother, who lives in Vancouver, WA. Actually, I met him when he and my brother were on a date (I was dating a Vegas magician at the time). Lots of hilarity, awkwardness, and drama ensued. And a few years later, my brother officiated my marriage. \r\n","my_excerpt_rendered":"Our newest staff person is editorial and marketing assistant Tomy Huynh! Tomy (his name is pronounced as though it’s spelled Tommy) manages our data, which despite his modest description is a huge and daunting multi-faceted task full of highly contingent details which few people, no matter how brilliant, are able to wrap their brains around. <\/p>\n
\nI\u2019m the editorial and marketing assistant at Microcosm. I manage our marketing data, convert our current and future titles to eBooks, deal with trademark-infringement cases, do light editorial work, and offer support to anyone here who needs it. I started at Microcosm as an intern last December and was honored when Joe and Elly offered me a job after my three-month commitment was up, especially since I really enjoyed working with everyone in the office, and I truly believe in the organization and its products. (Is this answer sycophantic enough so far?) <\/p>\n
\nAs of late, I find I have less time to devote to reading lengthy books (my attention span is shot); I\u2019ve been reading more magazines, news articles, and short stories to get my reading fix. That being said, I\u2019m finishing up an amazing book by Susan Cain called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can\u2019t Stop Talking<\/a><\/em>. Also, at the behest of my English-professor friend, I finally decided to tackle Marcel Proust (starting with Swann\u2019s Way<\/a><\/em>, which I hope to be done with by the end of this year). Regarding Microcosm books, I really like the Railroad Semantics<\/a><\/em> series (makes me nostalgic for my train-hopping days, and it\u2019s very well written), the Henry and Glenn Forever<\/a><\/em> series, the no-nonsense therapy zines by Dr. Faith<\/a>, and the upcoming book Cats I\u2019ve Known<\/a><\/em> by Katie Haegele.
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\n3. Where are you from? What do you like to do when you aren’t at work?<\/strong>
\nI was born and raised in Los Angeles, and lived there until I graduated from high school. Since then, I\u2019ve moved around quite a bit, ultimately ending up here in Portland. In my mid to late twenties, I desperately wanted to move east\u2014mainly Chicago or New York. But, for whatever reason, I was compelled to stay on the West Coast. (The farthest east I\u2019ve managed to live is Las Vegas, which was where I lived for seven years before I moved to Portland in 2013.) At this point in my life, I\u2019ve pretty much set down my roots. I guess that makes me a quintessential West Coaster, having lived in every West Coast state in the contiguous United States (California, Oregon, and Washington).<\/p>\n
\nHmm\u2026 I can\u2019t think of any funny stories involving bicycling. I have a few getting-hit-by-a-car-while-riding-my-bike stories that might be considered funny to some people, though those incidents were not so funny for me in the moment. I\u2019ve been food poisoned (that\u2019s kind of funny, right?). <\/p>\n