Darnet! So it looks like I don't qualify to apply for the National Endowment for the Arts (Creative Writing Fellowship) this year because I haven't been certified by enough publications (I think it's so weird that things work like that - you are only considered talented if certain other people say you are...) but I WILL NOT BE DETERRED!! I have a year to get published in "competitive literary publications" enough times for the government to risk backing me. But if that's what I have to do, then that is what I will do! I do not believe that art should be competitive or comparative, but I have been told by more than a few very smart and very talented people, that "I am one of the best in my generation." so it's time to put that shit to the test... #NeverGiveUp #NeverSurrender #ShowUpAndShowOut #StartTheClock #ShootAboveYourStation #FailAndFailFantastically #ExternalValidation Success is not a destination, but an ever evolving trust in yourself. #BetOnBlack
