Following a reading given by one of my professors, I spent a solid twenty minutes fielding questions from a potential MFA applicant. I had some thoughts…. Prior to my firstContinue readingThe MFA – One Year In

The Twilight Zone continues to stand the test of time because the writers didn’t concern themselves solely with the fashions of the day. Rod Serling, the creator and primary writer,Continue reading9 Twilight Zone Episodes to Watch Post-Election

NOTE: After re-reading several of Vonnegut’s works, I fell in love with his voice and style all over again. I also gained a new appreciation for the incredible consistency ofContinue readingSome Thoughts on Vonnegut and Guns

The comfortable archetype of the solitary writer is a persistent one. Most of us lead lives of responsibility–to family, friends, career, school–and writing gives us the control to construct andContinue reading4 Reasons to Consider Joining/Starting a Writers’ Group

This week, I heard a story about Netflix’s new employee parental leave benefits (which by the way are not being offered to the workers in its distribution centers) Employees areContinue readingThe divided states of nannydom

We’re taking a mini-vacation in Vermont this week, so I’m taking a break from my series on getting published. Yesterday I came across a tweet by @groveatlantic that linked toContinue readingGood Day of Writing

Who is the greatest writer of all time? Is he/she/they alive today? Has anyone even heard of him/her/them? I believe Mark Twain posed a question similar to this in aContinue readingPart 3-Submitting to Torture

When you search the web for a list of writers who didn’t “make it big” until later in life, you come across people like Toni Morrison, Anthony Burgess, Raymond ChandlerContinue readingPart 1-How to get published (not)

Two truths and a lie is an icebreaker game I played with my students at the beginning of every school year. Everyone takes a moment and writes three statements aboutContinue readingIntroduction