mfa
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on Failing NaNoWriMo Just to Feel Something
from sprinkler splashes to fireplace ashes, i gave my blood sweat and tears for this.i hosted parties and starved my body like i’d be saved by a perfect kiss.the jokes weren’t funny.i took the money.my friends back home don’t know what to say.i looked around in a blood-soaked gown and i saw something they can’t… Continue reading
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What i learned from failing nanowrimo (again)
Well, it’s finally December, which means I can stop pretending I’m going to finish this novel! My fifth and most recent attempt to participate in National Novel Writing Month was much more fruitful than any of my past attempts. I clocked in with 32,412 words. About 17K short of the 50K goal. The “novel” itself… Continue reading
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About the author (lol) on her 27th birthday
Here’s how it works: I write a few blog posts. I change my whole website’s branding. I update my out-of-date bio. I don’t post again for a whole year. Repeat. The cycle continues. Five years pass. And now I’m 27 and done with my MFA and actively working toward finishing my first book and trying… Continue reading
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16 Books I read in my MFA—Year 2
Literally just a list of books I read in my MFA program this year, with links to IndieBound! Continue reading
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The Carrying-On: Continuing to create when you’re feeling silenced.
Another writer asked me the other day if “the misery of writing when the social fabric is unraveling” gets in the way of my creative process. He asked me this because I write things so imbedded in the current cultural climate. I was really struck by this question, mostly because I’ve never really considered my… Continue reading
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Don't fight the flow–The controllable factor of Writer's Block
You know those days that you feel like it takes a natural disaster, a magic potion, and a sacrifice to the gods to get any writing done? Here’s what I’ve learned about handling writer’s block. Continue reading
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Skepticism in romantic literature (Why I'm over it and you should be, too)
I took a Shakespeare and Film class in college. We were studying Much Ado About Nothing (a personal fave) when a student asked how to know if a play is a tragedy or comedy. My professor gave a definition that blew my mind in it’s simplicity: Typically, a tragedy will end in a death and a comedy… Continue reading
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On motivation by proximity to people who are better than you
*as demonstrated by this super-high-quality-photo-in-the-bar-we-went-to-every-night I feel I should start by prefacing this by saying that RWW brought with it a huge sense of community, which in writing is soooooo important. Writing is a pretty personal and essentially lonely process. But, good writing? It takes other people. Other minds. Someone that sees what you’re trying… Continue reading
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Tab on Sabbatical (RWW Residency pt. 1)
I'd had plans for my next post. It was a follow-up to this post detailing some of the fun things I've gotten to do lately, how I've been coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine, ultimately proving my last post to just be a humble brag about how guys, come on, you… Continue reading
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