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Want to Be an MFA Blogger?

If you’re currently enrolled in an MFA program and want to write about your experience for a wide audience, this may be your chance.
Not for this site — well, maybe (send me an email or something) — but rather for Writer’s Digest’s blog MFA Confidential. They’re holding a contest and it seemed interesting enough to [...]

Posted 09 March 2010 † Gordon § Blogging § Links ‡ Comments (1)

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 § Just a thought § Publishing § Rants ‡ Comments (4)

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 † Gordon § ‡ Comments (10)