February: the shortest month, always proving to be a whirlwind. Here at Alaska-Fairbanks, February means comps (or, if you will, comprehensive exams.) The second-year MA’s and MFA’s all gathered in a computer lab on Valentine’s Day (of all days) for the exams. Two longer essay questions in the morning, a two-hour lunch break, and three… Continue reading February
Recently I shoveled a foot of snow off my car with my cat's litter dustpan. Well, mostly--I'm 5'3", so when I was finished, my Kia still had a fin in the middle of its roof that I couldn't reach. What's funny, sort of, is that my mother had said the day before Snowmageddon hit Kentucky… Continue reading Snow and Fire
Following three snow days, two false starts and a traveling teacher, I finally completed my first full week of classes for my second semester of my MFA at Stony Brook Manhattan. Overall, things are going well but I’m definitely developing a form of Fiction Envy. But first, a quick highlight of my classes this spring term.… Continue reading February = Fiction Envy
Note: Thank you to first year contributor J.R. Dawson for providing me with these questions! How does your residency work and how it is paced? Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction program (#SHUWPF) operates with two residencies a year - January and June. Our program is 2.5 years long. Six residencies and five 'college terms'. Students… Continue reading An Inside Look With Heather Houston, Seton Hill University ’16
For the next two months we'll be asking some of our first year contributors to talk about the post application period and how they dealt with it last year. What did you do to get through the post application period? I still had my final semester of undergrad to do. But it was a lighter semester--a paper-making… Continue reading So You’re Waiting to Hear Back from MFA Programs: Post Application Advice With Whittier Strong
