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Short stories will never die, but they could be awesome again

Posted in bookspublishingwritingFor a long enough while that I can no longer recall when it began, I’ve been reading lamentations about the current health of the short story, or, more accurately, the...

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And done (who’da thunk?)

Posted in booksgrad schoolwritingIt’s really settling in, with full force, that I’ve finished USC’s MPW program for all intents and purposes. Today, in my email, I got a note about some loan exit...

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Lahiri, Diaz, Mullins, and et cetera

Posted in bloggingbookspublishingJhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth debuts at #1 on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestsellers list. I’ve read a number of people express surprise, I think mostly...

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School, Imagery, and et cetera

Posted in bloggingetc.grad schoolimagerylifephotographywritingAs you may or may not have noticed (if you read this on any regular basis), I became a little too busy in the past few weeks to keep up...

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I just don’t know what to do with myself

Posted in booksfaithgrad schoollifepublishingreligionsciencespiritualitywritingI went to an information session today at Regis University, a Jesuit institution in northern Denver. I think it’s best I...

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What I’m doing after summer vacation

Posted in grad schoolteachingWhat a couple of days. Orientation over the weekend to get started at the college where I’ll be teaching. All day session, and I think the catered lunch made me ill, but...

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Begin as you mean to go on

Posted in grad schoollifewritingSaw those words at Will Shetterly’s blog yesterday and thought it was sage advice. Then again, I often think Shetterly offers sage advice, among which, over the years,...

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Nobody Really Knows What Good Enough Is

Posted in Dear WriterfictionpublishingwritingThe other day I mentioned you have to decide for yourself what “good enough” means to you. I want to elaborate. I opened this “Add New Post” page with the...

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