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John Rember
2010 Successes, 2011 Plans
Dec. 8, 2010 — Hello Friends! It’s been one year since I launched Dream of Things. It was a great year thanks to a lot of people—especially the writers who submitted their work, and the readers who are now raving about it. With your support, we’ll publish the work of many more writers and produce more great books. Here’s a recap of the past year and a preview of my plans for 2011.
MFA in a Box
“Possibly the best book I’ve read about writing and living the creative life in general, and I have a personal library full of such books.” — Gretchen Little
Update on Submissions and New Books
September 7, 2010 — Hello Friends! It’s been almost a year since I started Dream of Things, and I’ve learned a lot in that time. One thing I learned is not to take on too much at one time. I was probably a little overzealous in posting calls for submissions for 15 anthologies all at once. And overzealous to publish three books in my first year. But I’ve read lots of great submissions, and the books are all going to be great reads.
The three books are Everything I Never Wanted to Be by Dina Kucera (release date: 10/1/10); Saying Goodbye, the first Dream of Things Anthology (release date: 10/11/10); and MFA in a Box by John Rember (release date: 1/1/11).
Pre-release copies of Everything I Never Wanted to Be are available from Dream of Things now. Saying Goodbye and MFA in a Box will be available in October. Reserve your copy now on Dream of Things.
The only drawback to being overzealous (aside from only getting four to five hours of sleep a night) is that it’s been a challenge to keep up with submissions. So thank you to writers everywhere for your patience. Here’s a quick update on submissions:
Legendary Commencement Addresses
June 22, 2010 — June is all about “commencement” and new beginnings. Here are some great commencement addresses:
Stephen Colbert at Knox College, 2006
Steve Jobs at Stanford University, 2005
Jon Stewart at the College of William and Mary, 2004
In addition, Kurt Vonnegut’s address to Lehigh University graduates in 2004 (which I can no longer find on the Internet) was amazing and served as the basis for many lectures during the last few years of his life, and while Dr. Seuss (aka Theodor Seuss Geisel) gave a commencement address at Lake Forest College in 1977, more people are familiar with Oh, the Places You’ll Go, which still sells 300,000 copies every year at graduation time.
Add to those illustrious commencement addresses one given this year by John Rember, long-time creative writing professor and author of MFA in a Box, to be published later this year by Dream of Things. Read this address to the end, and you’ll see why many graduates and their parents were wiping away tears.
