Writing

  • 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…

  • Losers with Delusions of Writing

    Not long ago, I was out with some writer friends and we got into a discussion about publishing. One friend talked about how he’d been pushed into submitting a story before he was ready to submit, and it had been accepted, and while he was excited and told everyone, it now embarrasses him to have…