• What I’ve Learned: MFA in a Nutshell, Part 2

    Hi all, Sorry for the delay.  Figuring out post-MFA grownup life is time-consuming business! That, and completing the revisions, of course 😉 But now, let’s continue the (quite ambitious) list of all the things I have learned during my intense two years in the Vermont College of Fine Arts Writing for Children and Young Adults…


  • Questions and Answers

    Hard to believe Hanukkah is almost over, Christmas almost upon us, the year almost through, my very last MFA semester completed. As I am wrapping up the preparations for my final Vermont College of Fine Arts residency (!!), I think it’s appropriate to share one last lecture post I had promised you. This one comes courtesy of…


  • Things Don’t Just Happen: On Cause and Effect, In Fiction Anyway

    Do you believe in serendipity? Happy coincidences shaping your life? Do things just happen to you? Or has a chain of decisions and actions brought you to where you are today? A combination of both? Randomness may have a place in real life from time to time — and even that we could argue about. But…