I've been writing little stories to put in the Valentine's day cards I'm sending to some of my friends. I've been failing so far in my "write more" campaign--at least till now--so I'm fascinated at how much more quickly I'm able to pick up writing again than after my last hiatus ( Read more... )

It's funny--I'm much busier now with grad school than I think I've ever been, but it's much easier than my busy times in undergrad ( Read more... )

Grad school applications have eaten my head. One of these days I'll write another word of fiction...

Does anyone know any short stories featuring women soldiers? I'm doing a paper looking at characterization of military personnel in a few short stories, and I'd like at least one sample with female characters.

I don't claim to have a lot of experience editing short stories--I'm still new on the workshop, of course, and I've had some but not a lot of experience in class ( Read more... )

So I'm taking this class on short stories. It's really interesting--I haven't ever studied the form as a form, just as part of the Big Class o' Stuff Known As Literature ( Read more... )

I'm sort-of blogging here--latest entry is on quality and enjoyment, and how it varies across genre fictions (and literature, which, really, mostly qualifies as a genre of its own).

Changed the way the website looks. Sort of working on more essays through a haze of fatigue. Yes, I know the formatting in the bibliography is screwed up, but I don't know why. :( It's the same code I used on the rest of the site ( Read more... )

Site's been updated--no new essays, I'm afraid, but I cleaned up the language of a lot of things. Also, I finally found that story I'd been looking for (it's "The Road Not Taken," by Harry Turtledove, and one of the best short stories I've ever read ( Read more... )

Well, the site's now at least partially functioning, with about 1/4 of the essays up, I think.

...God...this is going to take forever. :)

That's http://www.world-building.net , just in case.