Here was a schedule I had written down somewhere before I really knew how it would turn out. Some of it is valid but most of it is wildly inaccurate.
…9:30 am Gym and jumparoo workout time
10:00 am Short nap
11:00 am Morning conversation
11:30 am 1st Feeding
Noon Longer Nap
1:00 – 2:00
I gave a fiction reading at the college tonight. A surprisingly large crowd and lively Q&A. And nearly every member of the English Department attended—I guess we’re not in Missouri any more……
One difference between teaching creative writing at a Missouri state university and a private college in New York: the use of the “summer lakehouse” setting in student stories has just tripled here in NY.…
Raymond Carver’s “On Writing” has been reprinted online. A perfect meandering meditation on the short story form.…
Eight Diagrams recently posted an analysis of the most presitigious literary magazines based on Best American Short Stories Anthology reprints and followed up with another version based on the O. Henry Prize Stories.
The first analysis includes handy links to the journals. When you combine that with Sand Hill’s top magazine list (with direct …
I updated the fiction contest listings (at least through November). Added a couple of new ones, too. You owe it to yourself to at least send something to the free contests.…
“Whatever seeks out harm and avoids rewards must act against entropy. … determining to write has been an anti-entropic process for me. Even now I don’t understand why I do it, except for the fact that it is against entropy.” —from Wang Xiaobo’s “Why Do I Write”…