I specifically focus in this post on how to ask for a letter of recommendation for an MFA program, creative writing residency, writing scholarship, or other creative writing endeavor. However, I think that a lot of this advice applies to people seeking letters of recommendation for all kinds of things. The point of a letter… Read More How to Ask for a Letter of Recommendation
How do you give feedback to another poet? It’s a good question and something that students often ask about. How do you give feedback while respecting the poet’s original vision? How do you give feedback if you find something in the poem troubling, negatively biased, or just “off”? How do you give feedback that encourages… Read More How to Give Feedback on a Poem
I thought I’d start a new series of blog posts that address questions I often hear asked in writing classes and workshops. Many of the same questions come up over and over because, I think, there are a lot of unwritten processes and norms in the literary publishing world. From talking to many writers over… Read More Finding Literary Journals to Publish Your Poetry
Here are some of the projects I’ve taken on this year as a writing coach and independent teacher: … Read More How I Help Writers: My First Year of Writing Coaching
Despite everything, I was able to continue my writing and publishing practice. I clocked 108 rejections this year. … Read More What I Published in 2020
During this time of social distancing, the idea of the door as a way of maintaining safety is especially relevant.… Read More Book Review of Through This Door: Wisconsin in Poems
COVID-19 is a global pandemic, but every person has a unique story to share about summoning up resilience. Some writers who are keeping journals, diaries, or field notes during the pandemic haven’t yet figured out how to transform these writings into publishable works for an audience. For a multitude of different reasons, other writers are… Read More September-October 2020 Online Writing Classes: Writing Your Pandemic Story and Micro-Memoir 2.0
COVID-19 is a global pandemic, but every person has a unique story to share about summoning up resilience. Some writers who are keeping journals, diaries, or field notes during the pandemic haven’t yet figured out how to transform these writings into publishable works for an audience. For a multitude of different reasons, other writers are… Read More July-August 2020 Online Writing Classes: Writing Your Pandemic Story and Micro-Memoir 2.0
Note: This class has completely filled up! Thank you for your interest, and stay tuned for future class offerings later this summer. COVID-19 is a global pandemic, but every person has a unique story to share about weathering this collective trauma and summoning up resilience. Some writers who are keeping journals, diaries, or field… Read More Writing Your Pandemic Story Through Micro-Memoir: Online Writing Class, May-June 2020
I have been staying in Charleston, SC for a few days to clear my mind before school starts and to get some writing done (and also because, right now, all of my paying work can be done remotely). My plan was to go through the full-length manuscript I “finished” in January. Though I have been… Read More A Few Days in Charleston
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