Elizabeth Desimone has an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Oklahoma State University. In 2009 she graduated from Spring Hill College with bachelor's degrees in English and writing. She is a native of the New Orleans area. She writes about writing and literature on her blog.

Learning to Wait

I just read a really terrific short story, and now I feel myself bobbing like a cork toward a deep dark cataract of despair. On…