Today’s an exciting day for me because I can tell y’all that I have some new words floating around the internet. A flash piece that I wrote, “Sunny Side Up,” is live over at Spelk, so I thought I’d share a little info on where this piece came from and why I’m excited to get it out there. If you’ve read any of my stuff, you know that I typically write about twenty-something dudes who are having relationship issues or going…
Jeez, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything here. It’s been an eventful few months, though. I’m up to my neck in my MFA coursework, I trained for and ran a half marathon, and I almost got a third dog named Kanye (don’t worry, he found a home), which might just be why I haven’t done much here lately. Another thing I did, though, was plot out my novel-in-progress, I Could Have Lied. You might be asking, “Adam, why…
Things haven’t quite gone according to plan lately. My MFA work came to a halt a couple weeks ago when my funding didn’t work out, so I’ve decided to take a little time to reflect on what I’ve learned so far. With my newfound free time, I’ve realized that there are a lot of things I wish I knew about MFAing (which I’ve decided is a word). Having been off for a couple weeks now, I figure here is as good a…
Those of you who followed my old blog (V1, as I’m now calling it) might have wondered where I disappeared to a couple months ago. Simply put, during my summer away from MFA, I began concentrating more on my freelance work while I had available time. That’s been going well, and, based off of a few opportunities that have become available, I’ve decided to expand the reach of The Shaw Spot to cover not only my MFA work, but one of my…