The Highway MFA
It’s my way AND the highway!
One working writer, a Subaru,
a laptop, and a dog.
It’s my way AND the highway!
PROGRESS REPORT
STORIES ON SUBMISSION
1
WORD COUNT
20,548
of 60,000*
PLACEMENTS
3!!!
NEXT SUBMISSION DEADLINE
April 30th
then, May 10th
*Loose goal based on 12 short stories in 12 months
What’s Maggie reading right now?
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig (2020)
"Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?
In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.” - Amazon
Let’s hit the highway!
Hey! I’m Maggie May.
No, I'm not named after the Rod Stewart song. I'm a working writer traveling the US with my super-mutt, Piglet. In 2021, finances got in the way of accepting my place in a low-residency MFA program, so I started this blog as a way to share my adventures, stay accountable to my writing, and get an education on the road. In 2023, I was a remote student in The Loft’s Year-Long Novel Writing Project with instructor Peter Geye. And in March of 2024, I found out I’d been accepted to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks! The Highway MFA is a place for writing resources, tips on starting (and finishing) projects, and navigating the submission world. Stay tuned for updates as I make my move to ALASKA in August 2024!
“But then they danced down the streets like dingledodies…
…and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes ‘Awww!’”
— Jack Kerouac, On the Road
