Peg Kerr's Journal

I read a quotation recently by Philip Pullman:

"Read like a butterfly and write like a bee."

I find your posts fascinating because you are a writer. An active published writer. A REAL writer.

I always feel like a liar when I tell people I'm a writer - because I don't have a book I can hand them. And I just got turned down by 6 MFA programs. (Wait-listed at Sarah Lawrence) I only have a few small publications. And I go for periods of up to a month without doing any serious writing.

I know I have to get back into a routine of working every day or at least most days.

My novel is unfinished - my novella is unfinished. I have short story ideas coming out of my ears...

I should never have let myself start writing fanfic... Though I do learn from that too.

Thanks Peg. You are amazing.

-katie