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  • Hi Marcia. What a beautiful and deeply-felt post.  I, too, had to make the transition from scientific and clinical writing(professor of Psychiatry at U of Michigan Med...
  • In 2009, I applied to MFA writing programs. I will start hearing whether I got in in the next weeks and months. All of the hard work I did to complete my applications and manuscripts showed me that I will write regardless of what happens with any of these schools. It was an empowering experience.
  • The premise for NaNoWriMo is pretty simple. You have from Nov 1st to Nov 30th (at midnight) to write a 50,000 word novel. It doesn't have to be edited and there is no...
  • Dear Nancy, Thank you for this post, and all the best with your book. This is SO me! I'm an academic, too, plus an extreme introvert. For my first book, I somehow got...
  • So many of you shared your pitches, I'm going to try one for the novel I'm currently working on: Can two clever but unsuspecting old ladies pit themselves against frau...
  • Thank you for your honesty, Catherine. Your comments are inspiring me. After I sent out my applications to graduate school, I threw myself a celebration with friends,...
  • Go for it! The spreadsheet is really helpful and motivating. Mine has columns for the name of the residency, the cost (if any), the location, duration, how i would nee...
  • charlotte commented on her article MFA help, big time
    hey kate--thanks for reading this blog post and responding! i'm applying in new york and boston: umass boston, emerson, BU, queens college, brooklyn college, hunter, a...
  • The Napa Valley Writers Conference is, imho, the Best Little Writers Conference on the West Coast. Okay, I'm biased: I am the Fiction Director this year. But I'll bet...
  • I appreciate all these comments! It's good to hear about how different situations (family dynamics, genre and length, etc.) affect our submission habits. I agree that...