Boyana Atanasova reports:

It’s always nice to find out that someone has appreciated your work. Today, I accidentally found this short piece by the community organization Friends of Craighouse, regarding my report on Edinburgh Napier News: http://friendsofcraighouse.com/2012/03/19/article-and-interview-with-local-residents-2/

Thank you, guys, and good luck with the campaign! :)

I’ve previously written a blog post containing part of my work for the music website MySound. Before my time there, I was a freelance contributor for the online rock radio Tangra Mega Rock. I’ve been writing mainly reviews of new metal/rock albums, and some occasional live gig reports. 

Here is a selection of my reviews for the radio. I quite enjoyed my time there, so I hope you’ll feel the same when you read them. (The good thing about this project was also the requirement to write all my materials in both Bulgarian and English, so you can read them here properly. Another thing - sorry for the strange symbols in some of the reviews, but the new version of the website has caused some problems with the formatting. Second and last - these were written in 2007 and 2008, so bare in mind that my English is now better) :)

Masterplan - MK II

Ensiferum - Vistory Songs

Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos

Korpiklaani - Tervaskanto

Kamelot - Ghost Opera

Symphony X - Paradise Lost

Candlemass - King of the Grey Islands

Folkearth - Drakkars in the Mist

Amorphis - Silent Water

Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

Blood Stain Child - Mozaiq

Mekong Delta - Lurking Fear

Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement

Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant

Winds - Prominence and Demise

Helloween -Gambling With the Devil

Elvenking - The Scythe

Apocalyptica - Worlds Collide

Opeth - The Roundhouse Tapes

Ayreon - 01011001

Opeth - Watershed

Avantasia - The Scarecrow

Primordial - To The Nameless Dead

Crematory - Pray

Rage - Carved in Stone

Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk

In Flames - A Sense of Purpose

More of my “rock radio” work - in the next posts. :)

I wanted to give you some details on my future internship. I will take part in the #CitizenRelay project this summer, when the Olympics torch will come to Scotland. I will be responsible for the citizen reporting of the events during the relay in the Edinburgh area - from St. Andrews to the Scottish border, to be precise. 

Jennifer Jones, one of the main organizers of the project, have compiled all the necessary information around it, in her recent blog post, so I highly recommend you reading it. The most important part of the project right now is our effort to recruit reporters in all areas of Scotland… So, if you are living here and you are interested in journalism - professionally or not, it’s a wonderful opportunity for you to have an unique experience. And if you live in the Edinburgh area, we might work together! :)

Dealing with deadlines is one of my weakest points - I tend to leave everything for the last possible minute and this always results in a lot of stress. I don’t like the feeling, I don’t like the panic attacks, I’m afraid of failing and I don’t really understand why I keep doing this. 

In the last couple of years, I’m trying to change it. Sometimes, it’s more successful than I’ve expected - I’m ahead with the tasks in my schedule and everything is calm and wonderful. It’s strange how my sense is telling me that this is not good and not right, and I keep doing it. My father says that it’s something he gave me - the laziness and the need to postpone important things… I don’t know, he might be right, but I’ll keep fighting… Oh, well, at least I admit it.