Quick Hits
I have had very little time to do any blogging of late, but I'm hoping that is about to change. This brief blog entry will provide some updates as to what has been going on recently and perhaps will preview the immediate future.
First, I sent in my MFA manuscript to my mentor professors this week. This puts me one big step closer to finishing my MFA degree in Creative Nonfiction. This document of about 160 pages will be reviewed by my professors and then will come back to me in a couple of weeks. I must then incorporate their suggestions and get the manuscript bound and sent in to Goucher College. With any luck, I'll graduate Aug. 6. And with even bigger luck, perhaps I'll get this work published at some point. (Hey Literary Agents, give me a call!!!)
An additional person who is reading my manuscript (bonus reader!) is friend and author (and professor and ... ) Dr. Theresa Burriss. Theresa, in fact, was interviewed on NPR this week about her own book. Go to the link here and then go to "Features this week:" and click on the first bullet that says "Connie Stevens talks to author Dr. Theresa Burriss about the role of women and revolutions in today's Appalachia." Congrats, Theresa, on the good press!
This weekend I will be finishing up a freelance piece on The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail. Some of my blog posts earlier that talked about Floyd came from research on this project. Also discovered in my research was the Galax Smokehouse down in Galax, Va., which lies on The Crooked Road (U.S. 58). I've been dreaming about the delcious barbecue at the Smokehouse ever since that trip of a month or more ago and I think I'm going to go next weekend for a birthday lunch. (Yes, another year older. Oh joy.) My mouth is watering already and it's still a week away.
Tonight I will be a judge for RU's Greek Week activity Airbands. It's essentially a lip synching contest, from what I understand, and it starts at 5 p.m. at the Dedmon Center on the RU campus. Should be entertaining.
Well, as always, I'm short on time. So watch for more updates in upcoming days.
First, I sent in my MFA manuscript to my mentor professors this week. This puts me one big step closer to finishing my MFA degree in Creative Nonfiction. This document of about 160 pages will be reviewed by my professors and then will come back to me in a couple of weeks. I must then incorporate their suggestions and get the manuscript bound and sent in to Goucher College. With any luck, I'll graduate Aug. 6. And with even bigger luck, perhaps I'll get this work published at some point. (Hey Literary Agents, give me a call!!!)
An additional person who is reading my manuscript (bonus reader!) is friend and author (and professor and ... ) Dr. Theresa Burriss. Theresa, in fact, was interviewed on NPR this week about her own book. Go to the link here and then go to "Features this week:" and click on the first bullet that says "Connie Stevens talks to author Dr. Theresa Burriss about the role of women and revolutions in today's Appalachia." Congrats, Theresa, on the good press!
This weekend I will be finishing up a freelance piece on The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail. Some of my blog posts earlier that talked about Floyd came from research on this project. Also discovered in my research was the Galax Smokehouse down in Galax, Va., which lies on The Crooked Road (U.S. 58). I've been dreaming about the delcious barbecue at the Smokehouse ever since that trip of a month or more ago and I think I'm going to go next weekend for a birthday lunch. (Yes, another year older. Oh joy.) My mouth is watering already and it's still a week away.
Tonight I will be a judge for RU's Greek Week activity Airbands. It's essentially a lip synching contest, from what I understand, and it starts at 5 p.m. at the Dedmon Center on the RU campus. Should be entertaining.
Well, as always, I'm short on time. So watch for more updates in upcoming days.
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