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07Jun 2016 by Dianna L. Gunn

Book Review: DIY MFA: Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build your Community

DIY MFA: Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build your Community is a brand new(it's actually only available on pre-order right now) writing book written by one of my all time favourite bloggers, Gabriela Pereira of DIY MFA. The book, blog and courses Gabriela has created all share one goal: to help writers who don't have the time or money for a traditional MFA program create their own structured writing education, a home-made MFA program. I've been following Gabriela since 2011 so I was obviously thrilled when she finally announced this book and even more excited when she sent out the call for reviewers and actually let me join the list. The Details The great thing about DIY MFA: Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build your Community is how different it is…

Commit to learning: take an online writing course

Learning the craft, Writing

Once of the 10 Commandments of a Serious Writer is "I shall always be learning". Part of this is practicing your writing consistently. Part of it is reading books that teach you new techniques or new things about the world. Yet at some point it becomes necessary to do more, to take learning about your craft to the next level. So how do you do this without spending thousands of dollars and hours getting an MFA? I've talked a lot about the value of a writing group in the last few weeks, but you can step it up a notch by taking an online course. Several universities now offer free writing courses, and some writing communities offer them to members as well. Still, sometimes what you need to reinvigorate your…

Introducing Gabriela Pereira of DIY MFA

Author Interviews

Today's guest is a very special lady, Gabriela Pereira, founder of DIY MFA, a project designed to help you build a self-tailored MFA experience. The main components of DIY MFA are a blog and Writer Fuel, a weekly email newsletter compiling interesting links and advice. I'm always excited to see Writer Fuel in my inbox and I've learned quite a bit from DIY MFA. I'm even more excited to have her here and I hope you'll all enjoy this interview as much as I've enjoyed working with Gabriela. 1) What inspired you to create DIY MFA? DIY MFA started when I was graduating from an MFA program. I was sitting in graduation thinking about how great the MFA had been and how sad I was to leave, and then it…