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On Verbing the Workshop (A VONA Post)

I am still amused by the concept of “workshopping.” Its an actual action one can do and does in an MFA experience, or in writing. Every time I hear someone using it as a verb, chuckles start up across my mind and work hard to suppress an external expression because I don’t want to offend.Continue reading “On Verbing the Workshop (A VONA Post)”

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Four Points to VONA, Or the Nagging Question: What Am I Doing Here?

I start with four points, stumble through four thoughts and end with four, gems thats where VONA presents itself so far at the end of the first full day of workshop. Today was the end of the first full day of “workshopping”, which apparently is a thing you do in a MFA program. I hadContinue reading “Four Points to VONA, Or the Nagging Question: What Am I Doing Here?”

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Expectations for VONA

I just finished packing up for my trip to Miami, Florida. I will be spending the week out at the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables for the VONA Writers Workshop. I am really excited about this opportunity, as it was part of my self development goal for 2016. I was asked how I felt about this opportunity.Continue reading “Expectations for VONA”

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Why I can support Obama but not vote for him

I wrote an earlier post, where I shared an unpublished letter about how frustrated I was last year in August with President Obama. I cannot consciously vote for President Obama given his stances on a range of issues. He is, in my opinion, not someone who fits well with my conscious. However, I think peopleContinue reading “Why I can support Obama but not vote for him”