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Wow, it’s been an eventful few days, and life shows no signs of slowing down.
Friday, I met with a person about a potential writing project. Not sure which way that will go yet, but I enjoyed the conversation we had and if the opportunity does come my way, well… that’ll be a whole new adventure, [...]

It seems that Quiznos (particularly the one down the road from my office) is a vortex of stupid for me. Not for the employees or the other customers, just me.
Today, I spent most of the morning wondering what to have for lunch. I forgot my soup at home; I didn’t want McDonald’s; I’m tired of [...]

I wrote this last night, but then I got distracted and forgot to post it. This is why I don’t blog from home much anymore. I have too many things to think about, like what to have for dinner.
Today was a shitty day at work, but I don’t want to tell you about that because [...]

Ever since I finished my manuscript draft and sent it to my teachers, things have been going better.
For the past two years, I have felt like a hamster on a wheel, just running and running and never going anywhere. But when I dropped those four overstuffed envelopes in the mail last week, I realized suddenly [...]

You know what I dislike about my job?
It’s not the people, the pay, the hours, the policies or anything you’d hate at most jobs; this one’s really good in all those respects. But what I just really don’t like (though I wouldn’t use “hate” in this case) is the job itself. I feel totally useless [...]

My MFA program includes an optional trip to New York for 2nd year students (seniors), during which the students get to meet with agents and publishers from several publishing houses. It’s not as though you go on this weekend trip and come home with an agent and a book contract, but it’s a good opportunity [...]