It’s my pleasure today to welcome Lisa Jahn Clough to The Writing Barn blog. When I was a student at VCFA getting my MFA, Lisa was on faculty (now, she […]
Continue ReadingCategory: Authors
Craft Talk Tuesday: Voice in The Sweet Dead Life by Joy Preble
Posted onVoice in The Sweet Dead Life In The Sweet Dead Life (May 2013, Soho Press) and its sequel, The A Word (May 2014, Soho Press), narrator of Jenna Samuels, 14 […]
Continue ReadingSummer Session: Writing for the Tween & Teen Markets with award-winning author Shana Burg
Posted onWriting for Tween and Teen Markets with Shana Burg Have you always have wanted to write for young readers but aren’t sure where to begin? Or do you have a […]
Continue ReadingUsing Setting to Establish Character, with Writing Barn instructor Michael Noll
Posted onToday Michael Noll, who is teaching Read Well, Write Better with us at The Writing Barn on June 1st, shares with us a writing exercise based around examining a scene from Fitzgerald’s […]
Continue ReadingWhat My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday with Janet Fox, author of Sirens
Posted onLaunching our What My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday blog series is the lovely and talented Janet Fox. Janet stayed with us at The Writing Barn this past January when […]
Continue ReadingCraft Talk Tuesday with Carol Brendler
Posted onWelcome to Craft Talk Tuesday! Once or twice a month, The Writing Barn, will be posting in-depth essays on craft issues on Tuesday’s–waalah–that’s how we came up with the CTT […]
Continue ReadingWriting Barn Creative Director, Bethany Hegedus, signs with Alexandra Penfold of Upstart Crow
Posted onWhen Alexandra Penfold was invited to be the kick-off speaker to The Writing Barn Presents Advanced Writer Weekend Workshop Series last October, she was a much esteemed editor at Paula […]
Continue ReadingMemoir Writing With Spike Gillespie
Posted onThe Writing Barn is thrilled to have Spike Gillespie, the critically acclaimed author of The Maine Event and another five books, here in July and August for two Memoir Writing Workshops. Here are […]
Continue ReadingJanet Fox, author of Sirens, comes to The Writing Barn
Posted onAuthor, Janet Fox is going to be write-away-staying at The Writing Barn later this month as several events bring her back to Texas from her new home in Montana. One […]
Continue ReadingTake Off and Write: Planning a Weekend Retreat For Your Writing Group
Posted onAs you know, we at The Writing Barn are all about making time for your writing in a wonderful, calming, creative space. That’s why, we’re offering a 20% discount for […]
Continue Reading