Writing Life

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Writing retreats changed my image of how a writer works There are a lot of benefits you can find as a writer when you are willing to try writing with the support of a writing community. Many people seem to think that writing is a creative art done in isolation. Growing up, I had that […]

Writing with the support of a writing community is better than writing in isolation

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Wow. You’ve found your way to my very first blog post here! Thanks, and I suppose that means you might want to know more about me. Well, okay… If you are anything like me when it comes to this stuff, it feels really hard to write about myself. Whether it’s a resume update, a simple […]

Let’s get awkward introductions out of the way

Writing Life

MFAs and writing education

Writing Life

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Congratulations! You’ve just decided you’re going to be a fiction writer! You know there is nothing more satisfying than spinning up a world, developing unique characters to move around in it, and throwing bonkers things at them to see what happens. We get to be a god, and it’s pretty great. But now that you’ve […]

Perspectives on MFAs and writing education

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