After the MFA

After the MFA

On May 19, 2012, I graduated from Hamline University with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. What a writer does after completing an MFA program, depends, of course, on the writer. I have friends and colleagues who are—let’s assume everyone is writing or trying...

READING

Come one, come all! I will be reading from my thesis novel, Saving Annabelle, this Friday. I’ll be sharing the spotlight with three other graduating MFA students. April 27th 7:00 pm Hamline campus, GLC...

The Playlist

I was recently asked if I have a playlist for Saving Annabelle. I didn’t then, but since I typically listen to the same music while writing, it was easy to throw together a playlist, and I’ve been writing/revising to it ever since. I’ve included some...
Looking at the Forest

Looking at the Forest

Saving Annabelle has now been put through four drafts. Most of the chapters have been through way more than four drafts, but the book as a whole has been through four drafts. Yesterday I turned in that fourth draft manuscript to my thesis advisor, and let me tell you,...

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