“Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences."
~ Sylvia Plath
All tagged grad school
Today I almost forgot that I needed to write a blog post. For once it wasn’t because I wanted to make an excuse to not write (which happens more often than I care to admit). No, today I almost forgot because I was already in the writing sphere, just operating in a different hemisphere.
These things are all good. They’re things I don’t want to forget in a month or a year. Or ten.
I wish I could tell you that I never received a rejection letter—that my applications to graduate school and my submissions to short fiction markets were so perfect and on point that I got all acceptances and I’ve sold every story.
I’m sure you’ve noticed, dear reader, the fad of grown-up coloring books. They feature intricate designs and sometimes overwhelming patterns. No five-year-old would have the patience to carefully color these pages. Even I struggle to color inside of these lines on occasion—but I do enjoy trying.
