My Week in Writing
What’s been going on in the writing world this week?
Well, for starters, I am writing notes to all of the incoming MFA candidates i..
Structuring a Novel
Right now, I’m starting to work on my thesis, which will be a novel. I’m in an Advanced Young Adult Fiction class, and something we we..
Things I’ve been reading!
I’ve been reading a lot lately, and here are a few of the books that I’ve read or am in the process of reading.
1) Vampires in the ..
Weather Blues
There are some days where you wish you’d rather be somewhere else, and I think the cold that’s been going on for the past five months ..
Spring Break!
No, I’m not going to Ireland. I wish! For Spring Break, I’m going to play in a rugby tournament in St. Louis. Other then that, I’m goi..
What I’ve Been Writing
On my flight home from Los Angeles this weekend, I was unplugged from the internet and my phone for the first time in my writing histo..
I got in! Now what?
So, you got accepted into Columbia’s Creative Writing – Fiction MFA program. What do you do now?
First, congratulations! It’s a hug..
Writer’s Block
Writer’s Block is something I thought I didn’t believe in, and then I put off writing this blog post. In fact, I don’t know how to acc..
Why Take Fiction Seminar Courses as an MFA Student?
Right now, I’m taking Nami Mun’s Fiction Seminar course, and I think this is a really important class to take in this program. I eat u..
Things I Love
It’s Valentine’s Day as I write this, so I wanted to give a shout out this week to all the things I love, in no particular order (unti..