“I thought you’d already given up blogging,” some of you might say. Granted, it’s been a while since I’ve been actively engaged in...

I was asked to write a post on the topic: How do I know when a story is ready for submission? My fine writing friends over at the...

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Not a traditional blog post, but, instead two links: First, my writer friend, Andrea Cumbo of Andilit.com, has been so kind as to feature...

My post yesterday described some of my post-MFA malaise. One of the things you lose after the MFA is the pre-arranged community of the...

I knew it before I graduated. I even talked about it in my graduating seminar presentation. The post-MFA writing life is difficult. As I...

How does one monetize an MFA (Creative Writing) degree? I’ll let you know once I’ve figured it out. Sure, there is the possibility of a...

I finished my MFA last week. Queens has a “fifth residency” as a component of the low-residency MFA program. The fifth residency is quite...

One of the exciting, and scary, things about turning the page on another chapter in life is the way the world sort of opens up, for a...

My initial post about the pros and cons of an MFA has continued to draw a lot of traffic to my blog, which tells me this is one of those...

I blog about my MFA experience, the schedule and “process” of getting my degree in Creative Writing, to give readers who are considering...

I read two interesting articles recently, and they both give some insight into the Masters of Fine Arts programs, but in two very...

One of my writer friends commented to me this week: “You are so lucky to be able to write full-time.” I responded: “I’m very blessed…”...

One week early, that’s how! Ha! But seriously…When I was at the May on-campus residency for my MFA, I thought through what I needed to...

As someone who is wrapping up my MFA studies (January is coming fast!) I’ve had several discussions, recently, about the pros and cons of...

This is one of those blog posts that may be more for my own benefit than it is a post for you, the reader. (You can read it, though. I...

So, I have this story. It’s called, “The Silence of God is Impossible to Bear”. This was a story that I wrote several years ago, and it...

I just returned from the May Residency week at Queens University of Charlotte. We had another amazing week of reading, writing, laughing,...