Kristina Atkins
Six Sentence Sunday
Turbo and I are off to Utah to visit friends and family this week, so an early, easy post is on order: Six Sentence Sunday!...
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Kristina Atkins
- Jul 15, 2012
- 2 min
Six Sentence Sunday
I was talking with a CP recently about how she knows that one of her books is the best she’s ever written, and she feels deep down that...
Kristina Atkins
- May 22, 2012
- 1 min
Kris Atkins, MFA
So, I have this weird thing (perhaps not so weird, I dunno) where I don’t announce online whenever a) the Mister is out of town or b)...
Kristina Atkins
- Mar 22, 2012
- 2 min
What Say Ye?: In Your Face!
We had an interesting conversation in my book club a few months ago. The topic was characters’ appearances and how much each of us as...
Kristina Atkins
- Feb 23, 2012
- 1 min
It Came!
Remember how I made a (REALLY BIG) deal about how my thesis hadn’t yet arrived? You know what’s funny? It came the next day and I didn’t...
Kristina Atkins
- Feb 9, 2012
- 1 min
This Post Was Way Too Fun to Write
All of my fellow graduating students have received their beautiful, bound theses except me! A week later! Every day I watch for the...
Kristina Atkins
- Jan 10, 2012
- 2 min
So … I’m done
And it’s kind of a weird feeling. For the first time ever in my life, I could be done with school for good. (I say ‘could’ because I...
Kristina Atkins
- Dec 27, 2011
- 2 min
Oh my goodness, I love this story
In less than two weeks, I give my thesis reading. And I am done. With my Masters. Finished. Finito. Pinch me, please? Anyhow, like my...
Kristina Atkins
- Dec 22, 2011
- 3 min
The Weather Outside is Frightful
Ack, no, I can’t lie. I love it! We got another good half foot of snow last night and it’s magical and white and perfect and snowy and...
Kristina Atkins
- Nov 9, 2011
- 2 min
Pretty Good Week
**THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED** Two awesome things happened on Monday: 1) I finished and printed my thesis! Huzzah!! Here is one of the...
Kristina Atkins
- Nov 7, 2011
- 1 min
Light on Broken Glass
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~Anton Chekhov As I finish my edits on my thesis...
Kristina Atkins
- Nov 1, 2011
- 2 min
For Those About To NaNo, We Salute You
It’s November First, and of course, you know what that means: the official start of NaNoWriMo! I really wanted to NaNo this year,...
Kristina Atkins
- Oct 12, 2011
- 1 min
RTW: MY Road Trip, Holla!
So, I feel like the name of the last two years in particular has been: HEAVY TRAFFIC. Starting grad school in the middle of a first...
Kristina Atkins
- Sep 15, 2011
- 4 min
Why I Chose to Get a Low-Res MFA
I’m going to break this post down into two parts: why I decided to get an MFA, and why I went with a low residency program. I would’ve...
Kristina Atkins
- Sep 3, 2011
- 1 min
On Being Unemployed
First off, it’s awesome! I’m lucky enough to have a sugar daddy husband who makes enough that I can take some time off from work. My last...
Kristina Atkins
- Aug 22, 2011
- 2 min
My Internetz Was Eaten
Typically, I type up my Monday post on Sunday. Because Sunday is a day full of nothing. Just relaxing and writing and reading and napping...
Kristina Atkins
- Aug 13, 2011
- 1 min
It’s in the Mail
My first assignment, that is! O:IHTMMFABFATVL is complete, except there was a tweak at the end: I mailed it today. It just wasn’t quite...
Kristina Atkins
- Aug 9, 2011
- 2 min
You Know What’s Hard?
Sure you do. Lots of things are hard! Wood, rocks, disguising yourself as Mickey Rooney. But the thing I’m thinking of is this: trying to...
Kristina Atkins
- Aug 8, 2011
- 2 min
Monday Morning Nonsense
Nothing like a full dose of nonsense first thing in the morning, eh? Today marks a great day for me: I am turning in my “two weeks”...
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