June 11, 2014
After a semester off, I purposely came back for another round of more grueling mental work. Finally, after much agony, I decided to enroll in my third graduate class in writing. I’m usually decisive, but each semester, I battle over whether I should take another class. And then I try to analyze if the struggle proves that it’s […]
Read More →July 12, 2013
A couple weeks ago I wrote that I was taking my potential masters degree program one class at a time. Well, this is not the time and Rhetoric is not the class. After getting an “A” in my first endeavor, I dropped my second one. It turns out the heavy workload for this so-called “five-week” […]
Read More →June 26, 2013
This summer has been an experiment for me. I knew I needed to have a plan to avoid repeating last summer, with its days that inched along, slow minute by slower minute, on a campus devoid of its purpose and vitality – its students. To have something, anything, to do last year, I had volunteered […]
Read More →June 19, 2013
I love malaprops – both the bookstore in Asheville and the backward sayings. As to the bookstore, I’ll be doing a public reading (a performance of one of my plays) there on Sunday, along with the other students in my writing class. I’m both thrilled and nervous; Malaprop’s is an iconic store in a city of writers. In checking […]
Read More →June 6, 2013
If you’ve noticed that no new blog posts have been forthcoming from me this week, you’re right. (And, by the way, thanks for noticing!) I have been a bit overwhelmed with my new graduate student status. But overwhelmed in a good way. The last time I posted was the day before my first class. Tonight […]
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