In moving to Portland at the end of last year, I wound up living less than a mile away from Carmen Bernier-Grand, an accomplished author and my professor for the Craft of Young Adult Fiction class I took last semester. … Continue reading →
Back in August 2010, the extremely cool Janet Buttenwieser brought the Polar Bear Plunge to our NILA residency at Camp Casey on Whidbey Island.* Janet excels at infectious enthusiasm and, accompanied by a few like-minded individuals, she organized more than … Continue reading →
After about thirty-one months of writing, revising, commenting, critiquing, reading, outlining, formatting, laughing, singing, fretting, missing sleep, pushing, organizing, and double-checking, I was presented with my Master of Fine Arts degree on Saturday, August 11th, 2012. They also presented me … Continue reading →
In two days I leave for my final MFA residency. Beyond the normal fun, craziness, and learning, this residency will include a couple of special events: Graduation. By the end of the residency, I will have a graduate degree, and … Continue reading →
—————————————————————————————– Newsflash: my poem “Society” has been accepted by 42 Magazine! —————————————————————————————– When I was an undergraduate in Religious Studies* I ran across the word “liminal” and fell in love. Who knew that there was a word for that in-between … Continue reading →
This week I turned in the last project of the final semester of my MFA program. All that remains between me and my degree is a residency and some bookkeeping. The latter has a literal side in this case – … Continue reading →
Newsflash: My story “Bedfellow” is in the current issue of KNOCK. It’s a fairy tale of three CEOs trying to win the favor of a mighty senator. —– So, with my thesis comfortably (more or less) in the hands of … Continue reading →
Newsflash: my essay “Pinging the Gods” is in the current issue of Witches and Pagans. We now return you to your regularly scheduled post: —– from the January 2012 residency Following my move to Portland, I was now within driving … Continue reading →
It was a marvelous residency, but I’ll talk about that in another post. Right now I’m thinking about my thesis novel. My thesis is in the hands of my second reader. Its fate is outside my control, and will be … Continue reading →
So, if all goes well, sometime in the next few weeks, my thesis novel will be approved by my thesis advisor and second reader. When that time comes, I will have a manuscript that is about as finished as it … Continue reading →