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    I Give Up.
    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Feb 5, 2014
    • 3 min

    I Give Up.

    “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...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Oct 8, 2012
    • 1 min

    How Do I Know When a Story is Done?

    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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    The MFA Process, In Chronological Order
    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Apr 24, 2012
    • 1 min

    The MFA Process, In Chronological Order

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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Apr 4, 2012
    • 1 min

    Why Do You Write Wednesday

    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...
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    Writer Friends: Calling Each Other On
    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Feb 8, 2012
    • 3 min

    Writer Friends: Calling Each Other On

    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...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Feb 7, 2012
    • 2 min

    A 1,000 Piece Puzzle, With No Corners or Edges

    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...
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    Monetizing the MFA and Friendly Friday with Leighton Creative
    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Jan 27, 2012
    • 2 min

    Monetizing the MFA and Friendly Friday with Leighton Creative

    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...
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    My Final Lap, Or, What I Learned In My Final MFA Residency
    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Jan 17, 2012
    • 4 min

    My Final Lap, Or, What I Learned In My Final MFA Residency

    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...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Jan 16, 2012
    • 1 min

    The Path Ahead

    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...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Nov 16, 2011
    • 5 min

    What an MFA WON’T Get You

    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...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Oct 26, 2011
    • 4 min

    On Time and the MFA

    I blog about my MFA experience, the schedule and “process” of getting my degree in Creative Writing, to give readers who are considering...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Oct 24, 2011
    • 5 min

    Thinking About an MFA? Two Perspectives…

    I read two interesting articles recently, and they both give some insight into the Masters of Fine Arts programs, but in two very...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Oct 14, 2011
    • 2 min

    Yes, I’m Thankful – The Writing Life

    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…”...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Oct 10, 2011
    • 3 min

    How I Submitted My Thesis

    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...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Oct 3, 2011
    • 3 min

    To MFA, or Not

    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...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Sep 4, 2011
    • 2 min

    Writing by the Numbers: Submissions

    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...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Apr 4, 2011
    • 2 min

    Drastic Measures: One Way to Re-Write

    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...
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    Eric Sheridan Wyatt
    • Jun 24, 2010
    • 2 min

    A Week Is Never Enough…It Is Too Much

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