Howdy...

My name is Catherine and I am a second year grad student. I am pursuing both the MA in t.com and the MFA in creative writing (fiction), so, as I mentioned the other day, I feel kind of schitzophrenic most of the time. In one program, sentence fragments and intentional comma splices are the way to go. In the other, we write by the book. Plus, while I'm a pretty quick learner, I don't know any HTML or much about computers in general (sadly, though, I'm rapidly becoming one of the most technologically literate maps, which doesn't say much for writers and technology).

As far as future prospects, I'm pretty flexible about what I want to do. With my MFA, I'd love to be a brilliant and successful fiction writer, but I don't really... see that coming along any time in the near future (ever). I'm a TA, and like teaching, so I would enjoy teaching either t.com or creative writing at a school, that is, if anyone would have me without a Ph,D. If I could find a challenging or interesting job in the technical world, I think that would be fascinating and cool as well. Really, I just want someone to employ me, insure me, and provide me with a job I don't totally hate.

That's about it!