Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Redux Open Reading Period Sneak Peek & New Story

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1.   Redux will have an open reading period, October 8 through October 31.   Guidelines can be found here.   Basically, we’re looking for ...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

"What good is sitting alone in your room?": Okay, Not a Cabaret, but Upcoming Readings!

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Don’t forget to send along your advice for incoming MFA students and anyone taking their first writing workshop:   lesliepietrzyk@gmail.com...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

How Much Do You Spend on Literary Contests?

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Submission season is almost upon us...the journals open their doors, begging us to send in our work.  As I started thinking ahead to where I...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

ISO Tips for Surviving MFAs and Workshops

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I’m going to write up a “back to school” post about how to make the most out of your MFA and/or workshop experience.   I’d love your sugges...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Work in Progress: My 4AM Pep Talk

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Often I wake up at 4AM, with a busy, full mind—and never a busy, full mind ready to accomplish useful tasks or write brilliant sentences,  ...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

From the Way Back Machine: My Job Interview at The New Yorker

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I was interested in this new book, a memoir by a woman who worked as a receptionist at The New Yorker for 21 years, from 1957 to 1978: The ...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

My Fall Writer’s Center Classes

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I will be teaching two classes at the Writer’s Center this fall.   I’ve led sessions of both of these classes before, and if I do say so, I...