Photo of Rachel Heng as a child with her father.
2018, Archives, May 2018, The MFA Years

On Grief, Publishing Your First Novel, and Turning 30

I turn 30 this weekend! (I'm hoping the exclamation mark makes it less of a terrifying new phase of life) When I started the MFA Years I thought I'd blog a lot more; after years of writing fiction around the day job, I was finally headed to grad school and the full time writing life. I would… Continue reading On Grief, Publishing Your First Novel, and Turning 30

2017, Archives, August 2017, The MFA Years

Rachel Heng Introduction (Michener Center for Writers ’20)

Image: Nick Page In two days I will fly to Austin to start my MFA, but for now I find myself in the living room of my flat in London, surrounded by very large piles of clothes. Turns out shipping things across the Atlantic is eye-wateringly expensive (duh, what did I think), so I’ve spent… Continue reading Rachel Heng Introduction (Michener Center for Writers ’20)