Now that there is a cover for the second edition of A Writer’s Craft: Multi-Genre Creative Writing, it was time to also build out a page on my website for the book.
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How I Finally Wrote a Sestina, and Why
Why receiving a fellowship prompted me to finish a sestina and how I did it.
MFA Advice for Writers 2026, Pt 3 Magazines
Trying to learn more about an MFA program? Don’t overlook one of their main products, their literary magazine.
MFA Advice for Writers 2026, Pt 2 What are You Reading?
In this installment, I consider that intimidating and impossible list of what writers you’re reading that we all ask you to include.
MFA Advice for Writers 2026, Pt 1 #AWP26
Returning to writing advice for applicants to MFA programs in Creative Writing, I start with the benefits and challenges of attending #AWP26
Where in the World Is A Writer’s Craft?
Seeing where A Writer’s Craft has been sold leads to insights and confirms my plans as I work toward a second edition.
Advice for MFA Applicants
My response to Poets & Writers recent advice essays for MFA Applicants
The Meaning of Rejection
Submittable calls it “Decline.” I like to refer to it as “Returned” when my manuscripts come back to me, which they still do more often than not. As an editor for Poetry South and a frequent submitter to many magazines, I have a complicated relationship with rejection. On the one hand, I have a toughContinue reading “The Meaning of Rejection”
How Do You Know When You’ve Written a Poem? — A Dream Answer
In a dream last night, I was at an event aswering questions, and someone asked, “How do you know when you’ve written a poem?” I had a pretty good answer, or at least so it seemed in the dream. So let’s see how much I can remember here. The first part of my answer wasContinue reading “How Do You Know When You’ve Written a Poem? — A Dream Answer”
MFA Application Advice 2024
Now that it’s January, we’ve started to see some applications again for our low-residency MFA program for another year. This has me thinking about all the advice I’ve given to applicants over the years. If I could give one piece of advice on how to apply, I think it would be to just be you.Continue reading “MFA Application Advice 2024”
