When 2020 arrived, I was mildly aware of a new virus raging through China and moving into other parts of the world, but never imagined
A few short days ago on June 13th, I lost my best friend unexpectedly. Wilko wasn’t a human, but my 13-year-old mini dachshund, who, up
Over the past two days, I’ve written 8,000 words on my novel-in-progress. Before you think “Oh wow! That’s great!” you should know that those 8,000
June 29th, which is only three short days away, will mark one whole year since I graduated from Lesley University’s Creative Writing MFA program. To
We’ve all run into times when we’re just not willing to let something go. I had my experience with this recently during residency at Lesley
I’m two days removed from the end of my third residency in Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. I’m back in Wisconsin and sadly
Ah, residency. That blissful nine-day span where nothing matters but literature and writing. I love it and am freshly home from my second residency in
In less than two weeks–On January 3rd, to be exact–I’ll be leaving for Boston to attend my second residency in Lesley University’s highly-touted MFA in
This post is a bit late, but I’ve had so much going on since returning home, and this is better late than never, right? Right.
It took a little while, but I decided to apply to MFA programs. I had originally planned to go for my PhD, but as it