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death note
Stephen Graham Jones said that Bradbury said to write one story a week and I think that’s a really good idea. So that’s what I’m going to do, starting now until forever. Story one is done. Sent off...
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infants and ringstones
Uh…so here’s what I did while applying for grad school. In photo-form. Because I had no time to write anything other than a thirty page writing sample, 14 SOPs and my x-mas list. I had time to...
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just say no
I would never recommend Writer’s Digest to anyone, ever. A long time ago, I was dog-sitting for a family friend. The dog-face ploughed into a bunch of rocks, got a bloody eye and I felt horrible (and...
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those bastards
So. That story I submitted last week, The Wastelander? Yeah, rejected. I seriously considered neglecting to mention its failure here, because somehow putting the rejection into words (beyond the ones I...
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Ekphrastic 4/A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords
Ekphrasis is art in reaction to art. Basically. And I don’t think about the art I consume enough. And I haven’t been writing poetry as much as I should. So every Friday, I’ll post an ekphrastic poem...
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short stories
Short stories kill me. I think my problem is that all the ones I write feel unfinished, full of serrated edges that catch my throat so easily. And yet, once my throat’s gaping, I don’t let it bleed. If...
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American Knees
I love this book for the sex. It’s different because it’s familiar. Familiar not because my partner tells me stories while we fuck (he doesn’t), like Raymond does for Aurora in this novel, but because...
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grad school, simple as that (because clever and/or poetic titles evade...
So occupied. The first week of year one of my grad program has passed; I’m still finding a comfortable rut to roll along. It’s not a matter of being stuck–I’m happy where I am, studying folklore (or...
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Mastering Folklore (as best as can be done) pt i: The Application: Statement...
Writing this post feels unreal. Writing about applying for grad school when I’m ten hours away from starting my third week of my masters is a strange, estranged thing. A reminder of how I’ve shifted...
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Applying for the Creative Writing MFA: the Statement of Purpose
Last year, I applied to twelve masters programs (eleven in creative writing, fiction, and one in folklore). I was rejected by five, waitlisted by one, and accepted by six. I’m currently working on my...
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