I finally decided where I’m going to apply to graduate school. I want to get my Master of Fine Arts in writing. It’s a terminal degree so you can teach writing in college with it. It will allow me to focus on writing for a few years while giving me the credentials to teach it [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
Known to Cause Cancer
Where my head becomes my neck I have this bad dandruff on my scalp. It itches like the second time I got crabs (blatant movie reference). I bought a bottle of extra strength shampoo with special ingredients. The ingredients are so special the warning on the bottle said some chemicals are known to the state [...]
October 21, 2008
Maybe Then
I have stacks and stacks of books I can’t seem to open. I have pages and pages of stories I can’t seem to finish. I have a Bible I move from backpack to chair to desk that isn’t read. I have graduate schools I haven’t applied to. I have boxes I haven’t unpacked. I have [...]
October 15, 2008
Moralism in Christian Fiction
The fantasy author L.B. Graham has a short blog (here) about Moralism in fiction and what makes Christian fiction. I’ll have my own response to it, but not right now. In the meantime you should read it.
October 13, 2008
What I Wake Up To
This is the view I wake up to every morning. Well if it’s a clear morning. Just beyond the trees is the Willamette River and Interstate 5. And that’s Mt. Hood in the foreground.
October 9, 2008
Moralism is the Downfall of Christianity
A lot of my friends aren’t Christians, but we tend to have a lot of talks about God and spirituality, usually over cigars on the back patio. I never know quite what to say and always end up feeling like an idiot for what I do. I read this blog by Matthew Raley titled “What’s [...]
