Coming to the End of the MA

After two brilliant years, I’m close to completing my MA. I still have my dissertation to submit, and one piece to receive a mark on, but otherwise I’m done.

I’ve loved it, absolutely loved it. I learned so much and my writing has improved considerably. As I wrote in this post two and a bit years ago:

My plan is to use it to realign my mindset, to switch from being a good amateur writer to being a good professional writer.

I think I did that. My attitude is different now. I still struggle to get things published (there are only a handful of writers that don’t), but I have a body of work that I believe in and which is growing, and which I am confident will find its audience if I can find the right gatekeeper to work with.

So it just remains to finish my dissertation (it’s there or thereabouts), tidy all the books on my bookshelf, and file the writing I’ve done over the last two years. And then I need work out what I’m going to write next, and make a renewed effort to get things out into the wider world.