I read three essays today, on the eve of my workshop class starting. The first two are collected in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015, edited by Rebecca Skloot (and series editor, Tim Folger). Here are my notes: “The City and the Sea” by Meera Subramanian, originally published in Read more…
Today I got my student evaluations from the last semester. They were glowing. I scored above the college and school in almost every category (except that my students care less for this class than they do on average). This should be great news, except it comes after a semester in Read more…
Today, a writer I worked with late last fall posted about (among other things) her experience of me as a reader and coach. It was a very generous review and I felt my usual mix of gratitude and disbelief. Grateful for the kind words and unconvinced that they really describe Read more…
I read three new essays last night and as I did so, I thought a bit about what I look for in essays for class. My curriculum focuses on bringing stories of scientific discovery and policy to life–by way of character development, scene setting, and narrative structures designed to engage Read more…
January, and the first half of February, is one of the two busiest times of my year (the second has usually been around July). This is when I work three jobs: one tech writing and two teaching. Since my time for “extra” stuff is very limited around this month, I Read more…
I am not reading as much as I wanted to. I am not writing as much as I wanted to. What am I doing as much as I wanted to? Well, loving, running, cooking good food. I’m doing the best I can while I can. That said, I did finish Read more…