Monthly Archives: July 2009

Avoiding the Block

Posted on July 30, 2009 by rnmfa

Writer’s Block, a phrase that no matter what genre you specialize in brings about fear. As a professional or beginning writer at many points you will become a victim of it. The publishing industry knows this and has made a … Continue reading →

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Rutgers MFA students participate in creativity study

Posted on July 29, 2009 by rnmfa

Many of us may be familiar with research connecting mood disorders with creativity—Kay Jamison famously discusses her struggles in Touched with Fire: Manic Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, and Liz Spikol often writes on the topic on her blog, … Continue reading →

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A Disney Story for Students, It Can Happen To You!

Posted on July 24, 2009 by rnmfa

French cashier, Anna Sam, turns into an overnight literary success by doing what? Blogging about her customers at the check-out line of a grocery store where she’s been employed for eight years! She received a degree in modern literature, only to be … Continue reading →

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NY/NJ Cares, But Do You?

Posted on July 21, 2009 by rnmfa

Plan B for Operation: Abandon Cubicle includes signing up for every class my job offers, no matter how irrelevant to my position. In doing so I signed up for one option that turned out to be more relevant to my … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Thesis Writer

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Saeed

This September, I will start my 2nd year in the MFA program at Rutgers University – Newark, which is to say, I will be neck-deep in the process of writing my thesis. All programs are different, I know, but at … Continue reading →

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On Frank McCourt

Posted on July 20, 2009 by rnmfa

My first job after college was as an AmeriCorps member in a school in North Philadelphia. I knew I was going into a very challenging environment (all the students were 18-21, and had previously left high school), and I had … Continue reading →

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Want to be a Poet that Rocks?

Posted on July 18, 2009 by rnmfa

If you’re a poet into performing your work with a rocking audience full of musicians and art lovers alike. You’re going to love Poet Rock. The short of the story it is as follows. It’s an open mic where musicians … Continue reading →

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Jaime Karnes on “The Rhetorician’s Baby”, and on the writing process

Posted on July 17, 2009 by rnmfa

My relationship with revision is tumultuous. I can’t tuck stories away and allow them to “marinate” as so many brilliant writers suggest. If I think a story is good when I finish the first draft then I start revising almost … Continue reading →

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So You Are Going to Rutgers Newark: The Conclusion

Posted on July 13, 2009 by rnmfa

I apologize for the delay in getting this installment out to you. My excuse is the 1800 mile cross country trek I made from Denver to New Jersey. With this post I will finish up my suggestions to incoming graduates … Continue reading →

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Jaime Karnes is in StoryGlossia