Graduate School

As many of you know, I'm researching and getting ready to apply to Graduate school.  I've given this many years of casual thought and a couple months of serious thought.  I've narrowed it down to 5 schools in 5 different states.  Seems like a fair number but it is misleading.  There is only one school whose program feels like the right fit.  Biggest problem so far?  Convincing G that it's a good idea to incur lots of debt and move North for a few years.  Biggest problem that I see coming?  Fear of not getting accepted.  I'm getting ready, scheduling the GRE, studying, reading dry essays on commoditization and proto-industrial cloth production, organizing binders full of information about deadlines and researching grants.   But my biggest obstacle is analytical writing.

 I need to strengthen my writing skills.  And I need your help.  This blog has previously been a casual commentary of my thoughts and actions but will now serve as a tool for college preparation.  I will be writing short essays or even just quick paragraphs of observations.  You will be my honest, hard-nosed critics.  None of those silly, 'that's so cool!' type of comments will be accepted.  I need to be schooled before I get accepted into school.  I need help with vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure and not writing in an oratory manner.  These practice essays will be about all sorts of ideas, not limited to art and textiles.  I'm hoping to appeal to a broader audience but I don't expect to be writing any riveting storylines just yet. 

I look forward to your comments and thank you in advance!