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Just Written

I've always loved Robert Hass's quote about writing: "It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having...

Mastering the Fine Art of Fiction

This past weekend, I graduated with my Master of Fine Arts degree in Fiction from Southern New Hampshire University. The whole experience...

Dare to Dream

Brian Andreas' fourth voulme from StoryPeople, Strange Dreams: Collected Stories and Drawings, found its way into my life in an...

About That Mountain View

This past weekend marked the end of my third residency for graduate school. January 2nd, I started my journey to New Hampshire's White...

When We Write About Writing: Part Two

Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction offered so much to my own craft that I had to split up my review into two sections. If you...

When We Write About Writing: Part One

I recently finished a rather interesting book about the craft of writing. Hidden within Why I Write: Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction are...

Metamorphosis

I've wanted to write a post like this for awhile now, but I wasn't really sure what I wanted to say. But I had anaha moment today and I...

Mountain Muse

I'm finally recovering from my residency hangover and it's just now hitting me how much I miss my MFA family. Twice a year we get to...

Keep Calm and Study On

I guess my school has explained my invisibility here better than I ever could with this saying! For the past month and a half, I've been...

In the Bubble

I can't believe it's taken me so long to write about my time in the "bubble." At the start of January, I began my first residency of...