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  1. MDP
    Cornell casualty! shockingly not bummed about this one. I thought I would be gutted! Sorry to all the other rejects. Onward
  2. MDP
    Oh shit lol. I've changed my mind now I don't wanna know ?
  3. MDP
    Really can't believe that NYU and Cornell are sending notifs about every genre except fiction, lmao. C'MON
  4. MDP
    Yes, I feel like so many people in this thread are getting good news compared to years past! Definitely encouraging
  5. MDP
    Congrats to you both!!! What a good sign!
  6. MDP
    No updates on Hollins...last year they notified today, though. Gulp!
  7. MDP
    That is brutal! Nice username, btw. Been meaning to re-read the trilogy. Same re: results. At this point I just want the band aid to get ripped off.
  8. MDP
    They do! I don't think anyone has been notified about Fiction yet. We would've received rejections already -- Cornell tends to send all acceptances and rejections out on the same day in each genre.
  9. MDP
    The urge is real!!! Fingers crossed for some more schools to notify/continue notifying today...the eerie silence yesterday (plus the Southern Gothic fog on my commute this morning) has got me on pins and needles...
  10. MDP
    Could be, though I'd be surprised if there weren't at least one or two more acceptances notified/posted in the next week. They've been known to notify people of fellowship acceptances as late as early March. Not much rhyme or reason to it, unfortunately!
  11. MDP
    Man. I left my book at home today so have nothing to do during this lull at work but refresh the Results page and stare at my phone/inbox. Can't even focus on Neopets. Pain
  12. MDP
    Perfect way to say this Also unrelated, but the silence from NYU/Cornell today re: Fiction is deafening. Put me out of my misery!
  13. MDP
    Haha, I totally get this. Some writing is so spare (my own included) that it ends up depressing me. The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy is a fun, light read from 1958 -- the protag is sort of a proto-Holly Golightly. Keeps you guessing, and it's just absurd and funny. (unrelated) Re: genre stuff again -- I do read certain fiction sometimes and think that it just isn't quite "there" craft-wise. But imo not everything is meant to screen as finely-wrought, flowing prose. Popular fiction sometimes lacks the technical strengths that I admire in literary fiction, but that doesn't mean it's less successful in its aims. Just shooting for a different goal. Plus, VERY rarely do I read literary fiction and think, "Wow, this plot is amazing and the world building is incredible!" But genre fiction, YA, and other types of writing that get (unfairly) shitted on usually excel in those areas, and tend to stick with me long after reading. Time and place for each...no damn way do I want to read Flags In The Dust on vacation, you know. Give me some dumb mystery about a hot detective solving a cupcake murder or something
  14. MDP
    For me, "trashy" is kind of a term of endearment for this genre, if that makes sense. If a book can make someone strongly feel an emotion of any kind, I count that as a successful piece of writing! This goes for things I've written that people have uniformly hated, lol. "Any publicity is good publicity" type of grindset. I'd rather my work be too cold or too hot than lukewarm, etc. -- personally like to provoke a strong reaction one way or the other
  15. MDP
    Yesss! Glad something good has come out of the thread today, haha. I'm "out of reactions" for today (hate that feature on here) but I love to hear this.
  16. MDP
    Hell yeah! What is that -- a database?
  17. MDP
    Same lol. Need to write a trashy money-grab beach read just for shits...
  18. MDP
    Does anyone else ever have the perverse urge to write stupid CVS paperbacks under a penname to make money? Like, those harlequin romance ones that they sell for five bucks in the greeting card aisle
  19. MDP
    Thanks so much!! Good luck to you too — fingers crossed for us both
  20. MDP
    Gahhhh. No fiction yet in there?
  21. MDP
    Same. Just saw another acceptance posted, but they didn't specify which genre.
  22. MDP
    I'm with you. Mercifully, seems like they send out rejects pretty close to acceptances, so we'll both hopefully know soon!
  23. MDP
    Thank you for updating re: Draft for those of us in the dark I hope we hear about Fiction from both soon. Gahhh. Also, sorry to those of you waiting on me to send workshop comments. I've been too anxious to do much of anything.
  24. MDP
    I know, I wish they had specified genre! Yeah, looks like they spread over a few days. Though it appears the fully funded offers/stipends all get notified first.
  25. MDP
    First NYU accept posted to Results (not mine just want people to freak out with me lol)
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