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4 Years After My MFA — What Would I Have Done Differently?

Now that I’m four years past the official culmination of my MFA in creative writing program, when people ask me “what would you have done differently?” I feel like I can actually answer it with a level of objectivity to be useful.
I’ve had conversations with people enough times to know a bit better how to [...]

Posted 07 November 2009 † Gordon § Publishing § Rants § Writing ‡ Comments (4)

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 † Gordon § Authors § Links § Quotes ‡ Comments (0)

What the Internet has done for writing

Posted 06 August 2008 † Gordon § Links § Rants § Writing § Writing craft § Writing tech ‡ Comments (0)