As hard as I’ve been working this spring, one would think that when the semester ends this weekend, I’d be looking forward to taking a break.  I mean, that would be the sane response.

Then again, I can’t recall the last time I was accused of being sane.  Oh, don’t get me wrong.  I fully intend to take three or four days in which I do nothing more complicated after work than play Capoeira, work on my D&D campaign, watch Giants games and play baseball on my computer.

That will only last a few days, though, because coming to the end of the semester has lit a fire under me about my personal writing.  I’ve learned so much about the craft of writing this semester that I want to revise several old stories of mine, including a manuscript-length project.  I’ve seen so many ways to improve what I’ve written that I’m itching to put it all into practice.

Those older stories look like outlines to me now.  They have the basic idea, but fall short of telling their tales properly.  I just want to grab them all and re-write them completely.

Not to mention that I want to send out more submissions.  I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t submitted anything new since my last post.  Well, that ends soon.  Before the end of this month, I plan on sending pieces to at least four places, with more to follow in June.

I also want to start publicizing this blog and putting my name out there a little more, in places like Duotrope.  Wish me luck.

Before I started this program, when I was still deciding if an MFA was a good direction for me, I got a lot of advice.  A surprising number of people tried to tell me that these programs were horrible for writers, that I’d be better off just spending that time writing.  I’m glad I didn’t listen.

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