Fall Residency 2014
I was the VERY LAST car onto the ferry. I'm off to the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts fall residency. (www.nila.edu) How can people fly? This is packing "light" for me.
Recipe for a Novel
My craft class this semester has been experimenting with form. We read "Recipe for a Self-Portrait" from Frida, then Carmen assigned us to write a recipe for our self-portrait as a novelist.…
All Quiet on the Blogging Front
My poor website has been neglected. Fall semester classes are winding down. I have finals in two weeks, which means a lot of cramming in the meantime. I have learned so much…
Residency Top 10
Top 10 things I learned at my first MFA residency: 1. Take your own printer. I did this and was VERY glad I did. 2. Take more PEPSI. A 12-pack…
Writer’s Getaway
I arrived yesterday. I was almost late because I didn't realized how much time it would take to cross Puget Sound by ferry. I thought that was Whidby Island straight…