In January, I wrote out some pretty lofty goals for how I wanted my year to go. I didn’t know it was “lofty” at the time, but now I see that I wanted too much. OR perhaps I could have done a lot of these list items if I’d watched less reruns of GREY’S ANATOMY… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Craft & Form
Don’t Panic
The most wonderful/frightening/intimidating thing happened to me on the way to minding my own business: an agent read my story, “Under the Canopy” on PANK, and contacted me to inquire about what else I can show her and what I’m working on. Of course I initially assumed it was a scam, because, I mean, do… Read more »
Recommitting to the Short Story
This year I played a little game called Let’s Write a Novel, where I attempted to deviate from my usual route and write an opus of 90K+ words. I even joined a new novel-writing group to get feedback, encouragement, and get myself to the finish line. And then, about six sad little chapters later I… Read more »