Best laid plans and all. The intent was to go to grad school at SCAD here in Atlanta. I was thinking I would write, grow myself as a writer, and with MFA in hand, go teach when I'm done working as a software developer. Ha! Joke's on me.
I made it to midterms at SCAD and then life intervened. Or rather, everything that could go wrong did. There was a change in CTO where I work. Lots of meetings ensued as we all scrambled to figure out what this meant for our teams. I had to work a couple late nights. Not a lot of after hours work, mind you, but SCAD has a strict attendance policy. Those couple of after-hours nights combined with a week I needed to miss due to an on-site event for my team, and in the end, I had to withdraw. My time at SCAD is done.
There are options that would enable me to keep at it. I could take online classes, but much of the appeal for me, beyond the degree and where it could lead, was the in-person classes. I work online all day for my day job. The thought of doing that in the evenings for school seems not fun. I could try again and take a lighter load, but ultimately, I'm not sure my work would really allow it, despite the support from my management.
Nevertheless, I'm still committed to write more and focus on my writing. The plan remains unchanged! More writing. More reading. More sharing of my work online. I'll just be doing it myself with this site and the other sites I maintain.
More to come! Stay tuned!