I'm turning my first marathon into a fundraiser for Grub Street, Inc, an independent writing school in Boston, MA. 

Why?

Because every good thing in my writing life can be traced back to finding my way into a a Grub Street classroom in 2001, and I want to help pass on the welcome Grub gave me to the next generation of Grub Street writers. 

My "Run for Grub" will fund a scholarship for writers who are new to Grub Street--whether that means they're taking their first-ever Grub Street class or testing out a class in a genre that's new to them.

For more information about Grub Street, Inc. vist  www.grubstreet.org. For more information about my Run for Grub, you can follow my training progress at  http://runforgrub.blogspot.com/.  And for more information about the marathon I chose to run in, visit http://www.srr.org/events/annual_events/24hour/2010/index.htm.