Please share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc) My Jewish-themed, intergenerational picture book, UNTIL THE BLUEBERRIES GROW, will be published by PJ Library and become part of the […]
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Vanessa (Nering) Gill Makes a Case for Community
Posted onUrsula K. Le Guin affectionately calls her writing community a, “mutinous crew.” In this blog entry, teaching fellow Vanessa (Nering) Gill describes the value of a writing community, complete with […]
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Deepening the Craft at a Writing Barn Intensive
Posted onBy the time you read this, I’ll have returned from my first semester residency at Hogwartian Vermont College of Fine Arts, and I’ll be settling back into writerly life at […]
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Success Story Spotlight with Alex Brown
Posted onPlease share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc). I’m so excited to share that I signed with Hannah Fergesen of KT Literary! How did studying/retreating at The Writing […]
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2019 Summer Camp Recap
Posted onThis year, we extended our annual summer camps for kids and teens to two weeks each instead of one, filling our property with young writers the entire month of July. […]
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A Glimpse into a Poet’s Private Writing Barn Retreat
Posted onMy first morning in The Cabin, I took my coffee to the screened-in porch before the Texas summer heat set in, and I wrote in my journal for an unhurried […]
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Success Story Spotlight with Jacquetta Feldman
Posted onPlease share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc) I am very happy to announce that I’ve signed with Peter Knapp of Park & Fine Literary and Media! How […]
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What We Read This Pride Month
Posted onPride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders Written by our very own Writing Barn faculty Rob Sanders, the very first picture book about the […]
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It Was Hard Work, But It Was Worth It: The First Picture Book Biography Examining the Life of President Carter
Posted onby Bethany Hegedus, WB Founder and Creative Director It’s hard to believe our 39th President, James Earl Carter Jr., otherwise known as Jimmy—has never had a picture book biography written […]
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