Today is Christmas Eve. A day when everything is totally anticipatory: you can just feel it in the air. My day will be spend ferrying gifts to friends, my evening in the car hitting several [...]
Letters, we get letters….or emails, in this case: I was wondering if you could send me some information about yourself and about your books? Please e-mail asap. bye You DID reach me through [...]
We all have people we just really, really look up to. People we wish we could be just like. Who always say what we wish we’d thought to say, but even if we had they say it better. And get a [...]
Perhaps you may wonder what kind of student we help to shape at here at UNC Creative Writing. What caliber of auteur we craft, hone, and inspire. Well. Wonder no more.
The heading to this email was I Need an Answer Quick Please: Hey! I read your book someone like you and I had to do these things called reading day letters on them, I need to know how many pages [...]
I’ve been pretty much amazed at the number of emails I’ve gotten from readers since my website went up in June. Before I’d get a bunch of letters, forwarded through my [...]
Okay, so I’ve been mocked mercilessly by my family and students for having an AOL account. But the fact is, I’ve had it forever and I don’t have issues. However. Today, at an [...]
Ahhh…the end of another semester. Teaching can be grueling, but if you’re lucky you get good classes with students who make you laugh. I have been very lucky, as evidenced by the [...]
Ahhh…the end of another semester. Teaching can be grueling, but if you’re lucky you get good classes with students who make you laugh. I have been very lucky, as evidenced by the [...]