“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...

It is easy for me to rack up a list of “some day” items. Some people call it long-term planning, and others call it having a “bucket...

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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...

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...

Things have been quiet. I know it. I am at my graduating residency and I’ve not had a chance to blog, or respond to emails, or post...

I love this time of year. From a traditional, spiritual standpoint, we’re reaching the end of the anticipation of Advent and we are...

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...

If you were to look at the blog stats chart for my blog, you’d see that last week saw more than double the usual web traffic here at...

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...

Thanks to some fabulous Twitter folks and the Creative Writing MFA Blog, this has been a stellar week here on the Stories I Read, Stories...

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 marks my 100th post to Stories I Read, Stories I tell. A nice little milestone. Thanks to those of you who stop in and check out my...

On Fridays on Twitter there is a tradition known as “Follow Friday” where Tweeters (or Tweeps) share the names of people they follow and...

So, let me dig into today’s thoughts on writing. I’ve been working on a novel for a while now. That’s pretty typical. Most writers (there...