Well, I'm on my last day here at Trinity College in Ireland, with my first residency with my Carlow University MFA program. I've started on a fiction track and I just signed off on my first semester writing contract with my writing mentor for the term, Evelyn Conlon. I'm in the Botany Bay residence hall packing my bags and thinking about all that's been accomplished. I've met dozens of published writers working in the areas of creative nonfiction, fiction and poetry and received lots of advice. We've had half a dozen workshops where we looked at fiction manuscripts. We've all been introduced to Ireland, Irish history, Irish places and restaurants and shops. What a fun experience, but also hard work.
So what will I do now?
Tonight is dinner, packing. Tomorrow an early shuttle to the airport and all day flight.
Then, I begin work on an Integrative Essay of 8-10 pages explaining how this first residency contributed to my writing goals.
We've selected four books that I will use to improve my writing during the next semester. I'll begin work on the essays related to these books.
We've scheduled dates on which I will deliver 10-20 manuscript pages. I hope to write the first draft of the novel during my first year with Carlow University and use the second novel to polish and refine it.
In the next few days, I'll write more about my reading, writing, and exploration experience here in Dublin. Yes, it was work, work, work with little play, but also a mind-filling, challenging experience. Do I want more? Sure, will accept everything must come in steps.
Tonight is dinner, packing. Tomorrow an early shuttle to the airport and all day flight.
Then, I begin work on an Integrative Essay of 8-10 pages explaining how this first residency contributed to my writing goals.
We've selected four books that I will use to improve my writing during the next semester. I'll begin work on the essays related to these books.
We've scheduled dates on which I will deliver 10-20 manuscript pages. I hope to write the first draft of the novel during my first year with Carlow University and use the second novel to polish and refine it.
In the next few days, I'll write more about my reading, writing, and exploration experience here in Dublin. Yes, it was work, work, work with little play, but also a mind-filling, challenging experience. Do I want more? Sure, will accept everything must come in steps.
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