Schools and such

Well, I didn't get into Brown, and I was waitlisted at Arizona (AZ is just about my top choice, so it was nice to be waitlisted, at least). I still haven't heard from NYU's writing program. Brown would have given me a stipend, I believe Arizona will too, and I know I should know, but I have no idea what NYU does for funding.

I'm sure NYU has already made decisions, so the best I can hope for is a waitlist, as they probably would have called/emailed if I actually made it. My ego really needs me to have at least been waitlisted at NYU, as I was waitlisted there last year. I don't really want to go to Hamline, deep down, because I really want to leave MN, but that would screw things up with my GF, who has two years to go in her PhD. But Hamline is free if I keep working, which I'd rather not do. Arg. These are the times... etc, etc.

In other news... I just finished a chapter that I've been working on for a couple of weeks. This is the second draft of my novel, and I'm hoping to be done by mid-July. I turn 30 in November, and I want to get it in front of a few publishers by then. My friend, E, told me to send her a few chapters so she can pass them to her agent. I'm a little freaked about that, I realize, but I'm going to do it in two weeks, after my writing group looks over the last few chapters.

Anyway.