One of the more popular posts I’ve written so far is “Do You Love Writing but Hate to Write?” I like the fact this has resonated with others. I always felt guilty about hating a lot about the act of writing—staring at a dark and empty screen, loathing every single word, watching the clock tick [...]
This is a feature I’ve been meaning to start doing on a regular basis: post compelling job listings relevant to those of us who hold our crinkled, dog-eared, coffee-stained MFAs in our cramped hands. Thanks to Armand for getting me rolling on it with this job listing he culled from the Harvard University job boards. [...]
In MFA programs, short stories are often given the same weight as novels, screenplays and memoir, but things are different in the marketplace. Now, I love short stories, and I spent about five years writing a short story collection, but the market for short fiction is extremely limited. Consider the types of books you buy. [...]
