So here I am. Three months after graduating from an MFA program in Creative Writing. What am I doing with my life? What are my hopes and dreams? What am I wearing?...Wait, what? Why are you asking what I’m wearing? If any of you read my last post some, oh, seven months ago, you’ll know… Continue reading Epilogue: Three Months After the MFA
Image: Molly Montgomery Two weeks ago, I wrapped up my M.A. program in Creative Writing at UC Davis. I had already turned in and defended my thesis— a collection of ten short stories about California, my family history, fairies, wildfires, and ghosts, among other things— and all I had left was to finish up papers… Continue reading On the Cusp of a Creative Life
Hey, writers, let's talk submissions again! It's been a while. I've previously written about what cover letters should look like, what stories you should probably not show litmags, other stories you should probably not show litmags, etc. I'd like to add to this a list of behavior you should never ever indulge in when following… Continue reading How Not to Follow Up
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
And so 2018 was off to a bang. Three different bangs. Bang. Bang. Bang. I will enumerate them below. A poetry workshop (I know I claimed to be a poet when joining the MFA Years community, but I might’ve lied about that). A writing class with a focus on incorporating programming languages and electronic elements… Continue reading Lost at SAIC: A Mini-Memoir
