Work Plan and Advisor

In other MFA Residency news:

I was assigned Tomas Morin as my advisor (I was hoping for this assignment)and I met with him in a group and then one on one to plan the semester's work.

Tomas had a lot of good advice for me on revisions and organization for projects I am planning and we worked out practical strategies for all of those projects and ways to get everything reviewed that I would like to have reviewed.

He was also able to write an immediate reading list for me to address all the categories (poetry, criticism and other) that I requested. I'll be doing a lot of reading.  There are over 30 books on the list, and I have a list of my own to include.

After this meeting, I felt very much more secure in my ideas and plans.

I will be sending 5 packets over the next 4 months for review (poems and critical writing), and Tomas will provide feedback in return.