2016-03-19 18:53
I've just handed out a new draft for workshop. It's non autobiographical, so that's new for me. I'm really excited. It's that horrible time though, where I hand it in, and have to wait a… Read More
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My study at one of the top five MFA fiction programs in the country. Narrative style, artistic process, films, art, music, writing, the writers life and sexuality.
2016-03-19 18:53
Over the break in Chicago, I had gotten a few free books-one was a nice craft book put out by the Gotham Writer's Workshop from NYC. Every other street corner in the city has ads for these… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
So this last weekend I went to the CCCC convention in Chicago. I was worried about doing this presentation since I was asked way back last quarter. In the end in wasn't really a big deal… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Week Nine is done. One more to go. I'm mostly done with Brad's interview. Well, maybe half-way. Wednesday we had a meeting before workshop with the search committee. So they asked us ab… Read More
2006-03-18 23:08
Listening to The Frogs' My Daughter, The Broad.For my seminar this quarter, I was lucky enough to have a teacher who is very MFA friendly, so much that she allowed us to write narratives for… Read More
2006-03-12 11:39
So A few days ago I finished Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby. A really interesting book. The voice is intense, like a non-stop verbal barrage of word clumps like whydoncha shuddup, t… Read More
2006-03-11 16:34
Today was busy. I started in the morning doing a critique for workshop. Then I went to campus to see my teachers at their office hours. First I went to see Brad, to tell him some of the t… Read More
2006-03-07 03:29
So I got tired of the old look: all that black and also those pictures. I figured I needed to get things simpler here. Now I like this setting but it looks weird that the title is "Non Phot… Read More
2006-03-03 08:18
The end of week eight. Lots of work. Another meeting with a visiting writer and potential hire, Anthony Giardina. It went fine, the reading was good. I'll be taking him to see Laguna Bea… Read More
2006-02-27 05:20
This weekend I managed to finish Brad Watson's Heaven of Mercury. Brad's a great writer, and has been swell to work with in workshop. His novel I liked very much, and comes alive when Parn… Read More
2006-02-25 08:11
So I've been keeping a list of the books I've read recently, here goes:Feb 2006:The Whale Rider, Witi Ihimaera so so. Short, quick prose style, but a little disney-esque. I can't say a… Read More
2006-02-22 06:26
Once again, it's been too long since I've written.So the winter quarter has seen a lot of action out here. Our visiting writer for the quarter is Brad Watson. He's from Mississippi, and I'… Read More
2006-02-22 06:24
The quarter is, and has been, over. I've spent the last week doing nothing but reading books and watching movies, and occasionally going to the gym. I read In Cold Blood, and then I started… Read More
2006-02-22 06:18
Well, I've been working on a draft. I have to submit a story in two weeks from Wednesday, and right now I have a mess. So I feel like a mess. Plus, I'm trying to write about my friend Joe, h… Read More
2005-12-03 17:32
So Wednesday's workshop got a little crazy. There's a student who doesn't get along well with the teacher. They had some words outside of class before this week. So at the end, three peop… Read More
2005-11-30 07:57
Well, my draft is due tomorrow. It's crazy how much I've worked on this in such a short period of time. Four weeks back, I started trying to write a draft to hand in, and for two weeks I w… Read More
2005-11-26 20:40
I can't believe it's been six weeks since I posted. Well, thanks to someone named Darren, who stumbled on the site and e-mailed me imploring me to write more--here I am. So let me spend a… Read More
2005-09-27 04:52
I can't catch up on everything, but I'll hit a few of the highlights. This week has been "welcome week." From Monday to Thursday, all the new teachers were forced to sit through eight hour d… Read More
2005-09-15 09:49
I'm down to once a week with this blog thing. Well, things have been busy. Between flying back to NY, then back here, getting set-up (I finally got a bed, Queen size, for free on Craigslist!… Read More
2005-09-08 18:55
I received terrible news last evening. My good friend Joe died yesterday, an overdose of prescription meds. He was 25. I'm getting a flight to NYC right now, to attend the wake and funeral t… Read More
2005-09-02 11:36
Well, I've arrived. Irvine. The land of many strip malls. Parking lots and yogurt stands as far as the eye can tell.I've been here since Tuesday. I moved into my apartment Wednesday, and hav… Read More
2005-08-27 21:26
Thursday.We woke early that morning. We ate, tried to shake off the morning mountain chill, and got ready for a hike. Our mission was to reach Loomis Lake, another 1,000 ft up and west, into… Read More
2005-08-26 20:19
continuing form the last postWoody, a blue eyed, bearded, nice guy explained it to me."Yeah, I was just driving through," I said."Uh-oh," he laughed, intimating that that's how people get pu… Read More
2005-08-26 19:28
So, Wednesday the 17th. We slept soundly in Genesse Park, but awoke to flashlights at five in the morning. Sheriff. Right- like I had said, there was no camping in the park. Well, he took ou… Read More
2005-08-22 18:07
This is the second time I'm writing this. I wrote a whole entry, then lost it, and then ran out of internet time. So here's to the second time around:Tuesday morning in Denver. My friend Mo… Read More
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