As much as I love drafting new material, I enjoy revision just as much. Nothing can beat the feeling of creating something new, but I get a deep sense of satisfaction from taking a piece and honing it until I’m … Continue reading →
My nonfiction essay, “Between Plausibility and Truth,” has been published by Shark Reef in their eighteenth issue. It can be read online here. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Continue reading →I’ve gotten tired of referring to my thesis as “my thesis.” A thesis is something that, once it’s finished, gets filed away in the school library and looked at only by other graduate students who are trying to find something … Continue reading →
Not in the mood to cook on the Fourth of July, I ventured forth yesterday in search of fried chicken. Not exactly an epic quest – in the Bay Area you don’t have to drive far to find much of … Continue reading →
Everyone knows that fiction writers are liars. It’s even a running gag in my MFA program, that has led to a series of interesting signs posted at the residency last August, but that’s fodder for another entry. The point is, … Continue reading →
For the first revision of my thesis, I am trying something my thesis advisor recommended: retyping it. So, after taking a red ink pen to one hundred seventy five pages of text, I committed myself to retyping every word, reviewing … Continue reading →
I was notified yesterday that my flash fiction story, “Bedfellow” has been accepted by KNOCK, a literary journal affiliated with Antioch University Seattle, for publication in their November issue, #15. I had gotten so used to seeing rejections that when … Continue reading →
This semester doesn’t really end for me. Well, it does in the sense that I have reached the last day of school and two of my classes will shortly fall by the wayside. My other class, though, is thesis, and … Continue reading →
About letting small stories slip out while the big stories aren’t watching.
Continue reading →Considering the writer’s trick bag.
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