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You know, when you’re a small, niche online publisher like I am, you have to be your own publicity department.
What can I tell you about the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette that will make you a follower or reader or subscriber? I could tell you a lot of things. But I’m old school; which means I believe the proof is in the pudding.
So, click on the front page and decide for yourself if this publication is worth your interest and time.
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- Andy Warhol
- David Letterman
- Hue Hefner
- Lady Gaga
Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup I, 1968. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is a blog of creative writing and female sexuality. This blog is published near the University of Pittsburgh.
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Creative Writers, Are Writing Degrees Worth The Money?
Recently, I was walking down the street enjoying the summer-like weather and trying to come up with some content to blog about. I remembered a news report that I saw on public television about how much debt college students were taking on trying to get their degrees.
There is a hot debate going on now in the United States about the cost of higher education. Because the economy will be very tight for years to come, most college students will never find a job that will allow them to pay back their student loans.
A crowd of college students at the 2007 Pittsburgh University Commencement. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I was awarded a fellowship for flash fiction that paid for my graduate studies; but I still owe money for my undergraduate studies. I got both my degrees when I was in my late 50s and never could get a job that was going to allow me to repay my student loans. Now I’m retired. I had to take early retirement in order to get social security in order to keep my apartment. I guess it was foolish of me to think that a 59-year-old man with a new MFA in fiction writing could really find a decent paying job to help him pay back his student loans. I was smart enough to get the fellowship, but not smart enough to get a good job.
A degree (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I will die still owing money on my student loans because the interest keeps building up and up and up.
Will going to college for a writing degree help you to become a better writer? In my opinion, definitely yes.
Will you be able to find a job with a writing degree that will allow you to pay for that degree? In my opinion, probably not.
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