The first year in my VCFA program has flown by, and now in third semester, I’m writing my Critical Thesis. I’m not a critical writing kind of person, but I’m passionate about the topic I’m writing about: The Impact of the First Menstrual Period in a Girl’s Life and Its Portrayal (or lack of) in […]
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
The View from my dorm last year I’m always saying time flies by, that the years are so short, and how in the world have my children grown so much! My baby is three and a half for crying out loud! Well, I’ll say it again: time does fly. It’s almost time for my VCFA […]
Monday, 9 November 2015
During our VCFA residency in Bath Spa, my wonderful class received wonderful advise from David Almond (THE David Almond!) to read poems aloud, at least one every day. So my group created a Facebook where we post a poem a day. Today was the first time I posted, and I chose Antonio Machado‘s Wayfarer, There’s […]
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Hi! I can’t believe I made it to the end of semester 1 in one piece. I crawled to the end of the school year. My poor children. On the very last day Joaquin said he had no clean uniform, so he was just going to wear street clothes because what is the worst that […]
Thursday, 2 April 2015
At 2 in the morning I clicked send, and Packet 3 of 5 was out of my hands. Unbelievably, this was my easiest packet although I had only three weeks to work on it, instead of four. Maybe it was so because I’ve been reading ahead. I remember that when I first found out the […]
Saturday, 17 January 2015
I’m exhausted tonight, but I’ll just post a picture of the day. It’s so cold! I’m grateful I brought an electric blanket. Best purchase ever.
Saturday, 17 January 2015
Today I met with my advisor, the amazing Mary Quattlebaum and we went over my study plan for the semester. It feels so surreal to be in the program! Today my workshop critiqued my piece, and I was so encouraged by the wonderful comments and advice. What a wonderful residency this has been so far. […]
Saturday, 17 January 2015
Today Suma and I walked to town in -17 weather to eat some pizza. The food was worth the trek. We also found out who our advisors for this semester are. Best Chritmas Eve-like feeling ever. Here’s a picture of the teachers looking down as the students celebrated out assignments. I’m going to be working […]
Saturday, 17 January 2015
Today I had the privilege of attending a lecture about the writer’s journey by the amazing Uma Krishnaswami. I will keep her words in plain sight to remind myself that this writing business (not the industry but the craft of writing and telling stories) is a journey with many challenges and also rewards. We also […]
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Before I left for Vermont, baby Hulk was sick for weeks and weeks. Nothing serious (except a scary bout of bronchitis and two series of antibiotics for ear infections), but it was still wrecking and heartbreaking to see him struggle for so many days. I stayed healthy through it all, thankfully. Of course my time […]
