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Apologies to Commenters

Hi. Just wanted to send out a quick thank you and apology to the people who have left comments on the site over the past couple months. Because of a plague of spam I had forced all comments to go through approval before going on the site. I didn’t realize people had actually been saying [...]

Posted 07 September 2009 § Blogging § Lessons ‡ Comments (3)

Life After the MFA — 4 Years Later, Taking Stock

It’s been roughly seven months since I last posted on After the MFA. That fact in itself isn’t a big deal for me. I always told myself that I would only write here if I had something to say. I can honestly say, I didn’t have much to report over these long months. A grueling [...]

Posted 12 May 2009 § Writing ‡ Comments (13)

You Can’t Write Until You Grow the F Up

What I learned was that to write a book you have to first become the person you need to be to write that book. I had to, like, literally change. I had to become a new person. I had to grow the f— up. – Junot Diaz

Posted 02 October 2008 § Authors § Just a thought § Links § Quotes ‡ Comments (0)