A call to arms!

So Dan put this out there in class this week. He wants the program to be bigger than anticipated, so here's what he's proposing: that between the two graduating classes, mine (#2) and the very first one, that we publish 7 books in the next 5 years. Wow! That sure got my attention! He wants us to concentrate on writing stuff that is publishable, rather than stuff that seems like MFA workshop stuff, i.e. stuff we think is "literary", all style and low on substance. He even told us that if we write something great, he will personally give it to his agent. HOT DAMN! This was just the kind of thing that gets me fired up. I'm already working on something that I think could be successful, so I just need to put even more effort into it. And I'm going to! I emailed Dan yesterday and told him I was determined to be one of the 7, and he wants to talk to me about it next week. Anxious to hear what he says!