From Poop to Glimmer
This is a 20-minute presentation I gave during my MFA senior lecture at Antioch University. I originally created it as a coping mechanism for stage fright, but I’ve gotten feedback from people who attended the lecture or watched it online that they found it useful when thinking about their own process of writing, submitting, getting rejected, and eventually getting published. So let me know what you think…
You can also view it directly from Vimeo: From Poop to Glimmer.
Here are some documents and links associated with the presentation…
*** Submission Templates
- Writing Spreadsheet Template: SubmissionChart.xls (Excel)
- Writing Log Template: SubmissionLog.doc (Word) or SubmissionLog.txt (plain text)
*** Handouts
- Poop to Glimmer Handouts (PDF)
*** Links (referenced in presentation)
- Duotrope’s Digest: http://www.duotrope.com/
- Tobias Wolff’s “The Liar” from In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs
- How Fiction Works
by James Wood
- Glimmer Train
- The Sun Magazine
- Carve Magazine
- Narrative Magazine
- Poop Report
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Tags: mfa, publications, submitting





I should be writing, but I just finished an interview for Laura Stanfill and spent some time on her blog looking at previous interviews. And now, through the wonder of linky things, I'm here. I enjoyed your presentation, am in awe of your creativity, and am going to hunt down a copy of Glimmer Train and read your story.
Thanks for the inspiration.
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