Learning to Write

This past week I got good news: I was accepted into the fiction major at Northwestern University! I know I’ve claimed to be studying creative writing here for the past two years, but the truth of it is that the studying so far hasn’t been official. To major in creative writing at Northwestern University, you … Continue reading »

How an Author Makes Money

The MFA Program, which ends this weekend, has brought in several interesting speakers on the subjects of writing and publishing. One presentation that I found particularly interesting was agent Sharlene Martin‘s. In the Q&A section, she answered the question: how exactly does an author make money? This sounds like a basic enough question. After all, … Continue reading »

Introduction

Welcome to my brand-new blog! I am really excited to get onto the blogosphere. So here’s a little bit about me: I love to write. I started considering myself a writer back in first grade when I always wrote the longest stories during “journal time.” In seventh grade I finished my first “novel” (I reread … Continue reading »