Wonder if anyone still reads this.
And if they do, then who are they, and why?
Let's see, let's see.
Getting your MFA can be very time-consuming, but it's also a lot of fun. Some of the people here genuinely like me. I am grateful for them. I have a best man for my wedding, I have good friends. Tracy and I are happy together, we are good to each other. We are very lucky.
School has been good for me in part because people didn't instantly start fawning over me as the best thing since sliced bread. I am used to teachers being exceedingly grateful for my mere existence. I'm glad it's not like that here, though of course there is a part of me that misses that. One of my professors is completely on board with my basic project as a writer, and specifically a writer of genre. The rest aren't, really, but they aren't stopping me either -- they just don't do a great job of leading my workshops. But for a committed genre/experimental/whatever type in a traditional program, "don't do a great job of leading my workshops" is a fucking miracle.
Downside is the professor who is on board is not, for retarded and childish reasons, a member of the faculty in great standing right now -- he's still an assistant professor, etc. But through him I'm getting some great opportunities. I'll be managing (with Tracy!) a relatively well-known literary magazine next school year, and I already have a hand in a lot of it now. I'm apparently going to get to read for a line of genre books for a small press, whose parameters I pretty much got to decide on my own. And he got me to write a weird-ass play, which I guess I'd like to see produced at some point.
I've gotten a couple minor publications in the last couple months. Working on bigger and better venues as time goes on.
I am working on a new novel, though I am frustrated that I still can't sell the older ones.
Planning for the wedding has been hard for Tracy. I haven't had to do much, really. This week I'm hoping to make up for it. In any case, I feel pretty confident that we can pay for it at this point, and that's nice.
I am very excited to be married.
I am finding out that I am a decent teacher.
Woo.
Let's see, let's see.
Getting your MFA can be very time-consuming, but it's also a lot of fun. Some of the people here genuinely like me. I am grateful for them. I have a best man for my wedding, I have good friends. Tracy and I are happy together, we are good to each other. We are very lucky.
School has been good for me in part because people didn't instantly start fawning over me as the best thing since sliced bread. I am used to teachers being exceedingly grateful for my mere existence. I'm glad it's not like that here, though of course there is a part of me that misses that. One of my professors is completely on board with my basic project as a writer, and specifically a writer of genre. The rest aren't, really, but they aren't stopping me either -- they just don't do a great job of leading my workshops. But for a committed genre/experimental/whatever type in a traditional program, "don't do a great job of leading my workshops" is a fucking miracle.
Downside is the professor who is on board is not, for retarded and childish reasons, a member of the faculty in great standing right now -- he's still an assistant professor, etc. But through him I'm getting some great opportunities. I'll be managing (with Tracy!) a relatively well-known literary magazine next school year, and I already have a hand in a lot of it now. I'm apparently going to get to read for a line of genre books for a small press, whose parameters I pretty much got to decide on my own. And he got me to write a weird-ass play, which I guess I'd like to see produced at some point.
I've gotten a couple minor publications in the last couple months. Working on bigger and better venues as time goes on.
I am working on a new novel, though I am frustrated that I still can't sell the older ones.
Planning for the wedding has been hard for Tracy. I haven't had to do much, really. This week I'm hoping to make up for it. In any case, I feel pretty confident that we can pay for it at this point, and that's nice.
I am very excited to be married.
I am finding out that I am a decent teacher.
Woo.