Coming in at a fat 125 pages, the rough, rough draft of my Master's Thesis in Creative Writing (Fiction), entitled _New Dawn_, is complete. More novella than novel, it still fits the largest limit that the school has for theses. There are gaping holes, to be sure, and it might be stretched to as many as 150 pages in revision, trying to make ( Read more... )

that I got into the PhD program at Texas Tech University. Free ride. Stipend. The works. They're flying me down there in late March to check the place out.

Yeah, Kim and I got back together ( Read more... )

Figured I'd update the ol' life so far ( Read more... )

Let me start by saying that it's hard to care about someone. I mean, there's the tightness in your chest when you're not sure what they're up to, how they feel. The constant worry after I screwed up, wondering if i screwed up ( Read more... )

Well, as it turns out, there was no way for me to convince Kim to come along with me to the great state of wherever the hell I'm headed to next. No way. So, in an effort to avoid further bloodshed, she dumped me last night at 10 PM. Bummer ( Read more... )

I have until Jan. 15 to hand in all of my application materials for Doctoral programs. I have chosen the University of Ohio (Not OSU), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and Texas Tech University. Yes, that means I'm getting further and further away from my beloved Northeast, but that is simply a matter of the fact that, outside of major cities, ( Read more... )

I canceled WoW, but it says I'm payed up through February, so I haven't helped myself at all. I can still play. Feh.

Not since co-founding the Gamers' Club at FPC have I been involved in the creation of something great... but here it is!

The Reitema Award for Short Fiction.

I started it at my school this semester, and next I'm going to take it to a broader audience.

In posting a response in a thread regarding a GRRM political rant, i forgot a main point of internet argument as well as political argument: there is no point ( Read more... )