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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...

Whole New Worlds

I think this quote by Charles de Lint sums up my thoughts about building written worlds perfectly. Because to build a world in fiction...

The Power of What If

As people, we ask ourselves questions all the time. As writers, we do the same thing. Only our answers tend to yield pages and pages...

Where I'm From

Looking back at some of my favorite writing prompts from my undergrad, I found this gem. The assignment is called Where I'm From and you...

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...

Fangirling over FANGIRL

I just finished Rainbow Rowell's young adult novel Fangirl last night and I'm so sad it's over. Reading this book was like finding a...