Got a bit of wild news last week. I'm one of the winners of the 2019 Nicholl Fellowships--a competition I've been entering yearly for at least a decade now. It's completely unexpected, very wonderful, and somewhat anxiety-producing. It may also inspire an uptick in donut-eating. Posting about winning a competition (of any kind) is not something I would normally do. My brain, bless its fluttery little heart*, doesn't like public attention--even for positive reasons. Give me good news, and I'll instinctively look up, searching for the piano about to drop on my head. But I decided to post … [Read more...]