If you’ve found your way here, that means you’re ready to take the plunge into a world of the best and most brilliant colors, clothes, canvases, and characters.

But before we unlock all of that, let me first introduce myself. I’m Brianna Facciani (pronounced fa-shawn-ee), a student at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. I currently study English Literature with minors in Writing and Art History, but my plans after graduation include the pursuit of a master’s degree in Publishing with the hopes of landing an editor position at a book publishing firm.

Reading has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. My mother has always commented on how she read to me while she was pregnant and even when I was a tiny, tiny baby. I was too young to understand what the making of a story was, but she could tell that I loved listening to and trying to understand words. Some of my earliest memories go back to when she would read Charlotte’s Web for bedtime, always stopping at the most dramatic scenes, thus making me want more.

This love for literature really changed the way I viewed my world. I couldn’t stop reading–I became wholly invested into the pages, the language, and the people. As I grew up, I consumed the glossy pages of Vogue and discovered the art of making a statement without saying any words. Art, particularly Art History, became a newer passion of mine when blindly signing up for a class in college and stumbling upon an entirely different world that would encapsulate me for the better.

What I’m trying to say is this: I am the lucky one. I’ve known for a long time what I’ve wanted to do (for the most part) and I haven’t changed my mind, even when told that I can’t do it or that I’ll never measure up to the rest. And in the process, I’m discovering the hidden parts of me that exist and thrive in these many different realms of the world.

The Publishing field has lived and breathed an “analog” lifestyle since its beginning, and many fear that the novel itself will become lost in the process of the world switching to digital. Yet I disagree–the digital world, while swinging a punch or two at the almighty paperback, can now make literature, art, and fashion so readily available to everyone. That has never happened before, and it’s so exciting to think about all of the new possibilities that will arise because of it.

This blog’s inspiration comes from Vogue’s website, “Chronicles of Her,” and “The Bookseller”–all sites dedicated to the things that I love. And hey, if all goes right, maybe this blog will be one that, at the very least, will present you with topics or ideas that you might never have otherwise heard about.

And they say that the digital world is a bad thing.