fiction

  • Writing is my something better to do

    It’s November 1st, and all across the world, thousands of writers are sitting down and frantically banging out words in search of NaNoWriMo glory. If you are not familiar with it, NaNoWriMo is a month-long writing challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.  There is a time limit and deadlines and you…

  • The Truth sets you free… to revise

    The MFA program I am taking is designed around a multi-genre approach, the idea being that we become better writers by exploring other ways of writing.  This year, I am taking creative non-fiction, which is on its surface a lot like writing fiction, except that the stories are factually true.  As a fiction writer, I…