Miss SugarCookie

Category: mfa

  • 2019-04-30 Farewell April, See You In My Dreams

    Another month is coming to a close today and it’s already transforming into a phantom in the rear view. Another opportunity to begin again and another hourglass glued to the table. And what did I make of it? Did I make the most of what I was offered? As I sat in the dry sauna…

  • 2019-03-28 Life Is Long

    With each step I take on this new path of life that I have found myself on, I find that I’m becoming more and more convinced that I’ve made the right choices. The path I’m talking about is one where I’m making my creative pursuits and passions in life a priority and letting my “career”…

  • 2019-02-22 Why Poetry – The Side Dish Edition

    I sat across a table from two women who used to be friends of mine. Now they are like distant cousins you feel obligated to respond to if they reach out to you and say hi. One measure of what a person means to you in your life is how much you look forward to…

  • 2019-01-18 Something New

    This is cool.. a group of ladies from my MFA program have formed a writing group. They meet every Thursday evening and write in 30 minute sprints with breaks in between to chat. It’s for accountability and camaraderie and, aside from the fact that by 8pm my brain is completely done for the day, it’s…

  • 2019-01-02 Finding the “Write” Space

    Here we are again, second day of the year and I’m currently in the lecture hall/conference room biding my time until I meet with my mentor from last semester for lunch. I’m trying not to be nervous. Hey, here is something interesting… I went to a great lecture this morning and the person giving the…

  • 2018-12-30 Empathy Distorted By Estrangement

    Truth IS stranger than fiction. As a writer I’m pretty good at statement and abstraction but I suck at image and I know that. In my MFA program I’m reminded of that fact almost every time I get feedback. “Needs more concrete detail” and “Show us” are regular comments. So when I was getting in…

  • 2018-12-14 Why Wait for the New Year

    Years ago I adopted a tagline. It’s a philosophy I try to remind myself when life has me saying “I’ll get to that tomorrow”. That happens more often than I’d like to admit. Almost daily I catch myself convincing myself to “start tomorrow” or the beginning of next week or next month. The tagline is…

  • 2018-11-29 Aaaaand That’s a Wrap…

    Last night I finished polishing all the documents required for my MFA final that is due this week. I haven’t yet got feedback from my mentor on my 4th packet, but that’s not really a requirement. That’s one more thing checked off my list for November and I feel great about it. ✅😊❤️ I’m a…