So … 2021. Well, it can’t really be that much worse than 2020, can it? Truth be told, 2020 did have some of it’s bright moments. I graduated with my Master of Fine Arts and I was able to keep my job throughout the pandemic, as did Steph. We both kept our health and maybe Continue reading

The pandemic and the world itself makes it hard to write but at least a beautiful fall day makes for a good picture while walking across campus at work. Continue reading

Huh … so much for that ‘update more often once grad school is done’ I promised myself. Let’s just start off with an update and see how things go from there. The world is ending! But we seem to be handling that pretty well. Luckily the town we live in is rural so we’ve had Continue reading

Well, it took 2.5 years but I finally found one of those diplomas with my name on it. This week (Wednesday afternoon, actually), I was awarded my Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. To summarize up the week – tons of stress for my thesis presentation and defense on Continue reading

Today is the final day of my final class in grad school. Well, technically, at least. I turned in my final portfolio last week and it was graded the next day. I passed. Pretty anti-climatic if you ask me. But hey, after 2.5 years of stress, it’s kind of nice to have a little blandness. Continue reading

Grad school is almost done. There are days when I feel like I should be wearing a sandwich board and walking around shouting “The end is nigh!” But honestly, mostly I just feel relief. A lot of pressure off my back. What has grad school been like? Well, to be honest – busy. Time consuming. Continue reading

*hack cough hack* Uh, pardon the dust. I’m in the process of transferring the blog over to WordPress.com and there a few customizations that have to be made. I hope to get this done over the next week or so. Continue reading