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It’s the end of our first fundraising week for Lost Crossings and we have raised $285. I have four emails in our footbridges@gmail.com inbox promising donations from upper ranking staff members [...]

On December 1st, 2007 I started training in Okinawan Shuri-Ryu Karate do with Hanshi. On April 17th, 2008 I earned my blue belt (rok kyu), skipping the rank of shich kyu (sp?) at my instructor’s [...]

This just in: “Dear Ms. Schultz: I am writing to thank you once again for applying for the position in Creative Writing with the Department of English at The Ohio State University. Our department [...]

Full disclosure…I have applied for teaching jobs, fellowships, writer-in-residence, and residency positions at the following locations: Emory University, NCAC Writing Fellowship, Ohio State [...]

It’s Sunday and I’m already thinking about checking the mailbox. A pointless endeavor, I know, but what else is there to do but wait? We’ve done all we can do. Besides following [...]

The reality hits, then the exhaustion. Of course, there are already more stories to tell: 1. The story of visiting Al Onteroa’s office this Thursday morning, and how good it felt and how much [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Shane Darwent and Katey Schultz proudly present: LOST CROSSINGS.

Working, working, working on the website…Over 40 phone calls have been made and the fundraising letter has been proofed to go out tomorrow. Shane and I meet with Al in the morning to plead for [...]

Onward to the nitty-gritty: THE FUNDRAISING LETTER. The phone calls have been placed, the email addresses and permissions granted. If all goes well, we’ll email the following letter to [...]

Get ready, dear readers, for new adventures in footbridges this week. Call it Phase 3, call it begging on our knees, call it delusions of grandeur. When it’s all said and done, I can only hope we [...]