1) I got nominated for the AWP Intro Awards prize. Yay. Just getting nominated is a big enough deal that I can put it on my resume. (And isn't that all growing up is--beefing up your resume?)

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I leave an hour late and it's dark, so I leave the light on so nobody will rob the house while it's empty. I get lost leaving Greenville because I'm a great driver but a terrible navigator and always think I know where I'm going, but rarely do. I check into a hotel by myself for the first time and for the first time I feel as if I am grown up, ( Read more... )

I'm starting a new blog about my grandmother. It's called grandma_lois. Its idea is summed up by the subject of the first entry: If you can't novel, blog! I'd love to write a novel or a memoir about it someday, but this is an attempt to just write something about it every day. Or every few days, as the case might end up being ( Read more... )

I wear my new black and white summer dress and some new shoes that I'm not sure if they hurt my feet or not. My mom says I looked very pretty; I am wearing contacts. I always worry that no one will recognize me if I'm not wearing glasses. I call this Clark Kent Syndrome because Superman Syndrome sounds too pompous for the situation. I sashay ( Read more... )