Finally submitted a bunch of stuff (mostly poems) over the last few days. They’re not poems I’m super satisfied with – as I do not write poetry as my main genre – but I want to see something happen to them. Otherwise, they’re taking up space. The question is: are they really just taking up [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Submissions
Posted in Writing, tagged HTML Giant, justin daugherty, poetry submissions, short story submissions, Why I Write, writing on August 13, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Hey, look, we can all start writing again…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, publishing, writing on August 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A new survey shows that book sales and publishing are up! Just thought I’d throw that out there.
Google and the Brain of a Writer
Posted in Writing, tagged books, creative writing, distraction, Google, Google and creativity, Google and memory, Jonathan Franzen, justin daugherty, writer's block, writing on August 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I recently read an article about Google searches and the effects on memory of relying on it as an instant gratification tool for knowledge. Though, of course, I can no longer find the link or the article or any trace that I have read what I know I’ve read. Ironically, this occurs to me to [...]
Ageism and the Writer (Why I’m Afraid of 30)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Benjamin Percy, justin daugherty, Martha Southgate, Paris Review, publishing, Pushcart Prize, Tea Obreht, The Language of Elk, The Millions, The Tiger's Wife, turning 30, writing on August 4, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Martha Southgate has posted a great article over at The Millions about the literary/publishing community’s relative ageist (my term, not hers) focus on young writers – awards for writers under 35, the New Yorker’s “25 Under 40,” etc. I’m no old man. I’m on the quick slide to 30, the age at which, I’ve kind [...]
To Ph.D. or not to Ph.D.
Posted in Writing, tagged creative writing, doctoral programs in creative writing, justin daugherty, MFA, Ph.D., Ph.D. admissions, Ph.D. applications, post-mfa, SUNY-Albany, Texas Tech University, turning 30, University of Illinois-Chicago, University of Missouri-Colombia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Ohio, University of Utah, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, writing on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There is a certain fear that approaches as one enters their final MFA year, that precipice of open – and, yet, not so open – opportunity ahead following graduation. I suppose it’s partly the realization that I’m swiftly approaching 30, but there seems to be an urgency in me, a need to get something done. [...]
