Authors – Page 8 – Writing Barn

What My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday with Author, Nicole Griffin

Posted on November 18, 2015November 4, 2015

What My Last Book Taught Me by Nicole Griffin There’s a quotation that regularly makes the rounds of the internet and Facebook in particular: “Writing is like driving at night […]

What My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday, with bestselling author, Lisa Papademetriou

Posted on October 14, 2015October 8, 2015

‘What My Last Book Taught Me’ Wednesdays are back, with this new entry from NYT Best-selling Author Lisa Papademetriou. Writers all have different reasons for writing, and when we finally […]

Event Recap of Austin author, Paige Schilt’s, Queer Rock Love

Posted on October 12, 2015October 15, 2015

Austin author Paige Schilt workshopped the first three chapters of her new memoir, Queer Rock Love, in Donna Johnson’s memoir class at The Writing Barn. She managed to finish up […]

Austin Author Spotlight with Greg Garrett

Posted on June 10, 2015June 10, 2015

June’s Words and Wine Wednesday featured author is Greg Garrett, whose latest book, Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination, explores the reasons why people tell tales about death and the afterlife. […]

Austin Author Spotlight with Nikki Loftin

Posted on April 15, 2015

The Writing Barn is so excited to welcome author Nikki Loftin as the visiting guest, alongside author Joy Preble, for April’s Words and Wine Wednesday! Nikki’s latest release, Wish Girl, has […]

Full Novel Revision Week at The Writing Barn

Posted on April 12, 2015

It’s that time of year again, when the Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes begin to pop up to signal the coming of spring, and also the coming of The Writing Barn’s […]

Writing Barn Austin Author Spotlight Authors Shine in the New York Times

Posted on March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

The Writing Barn just has to brag on some amazing local authors who’ve recently been featured in The New York Times’ Sunday Book Review. Mary Helen Specht visited The Writing […]

Austin Author Spotlight with Natalia Sylvester

Posted on March 10, 2015March 10, 2015

March is officially Natalia Sylvester month at The Writing Barn, and we couldn’t be more excited! Sylvester is a talented author with a critically acclaimed debut book, Chasing the Sun, now under […]

Rejecting Rejection with author Liz Czukas

Posted on March 3, 2015February 10, 2015

This weeks Rejecting Rejection is from Liz Czukas. She talks about rejection and never giving up because of rejection. Just because a piece has been rejected does not mean that […]

Q&A with Upcoming 6-Week Class Instructor Natalia Sylvester

Posted on February 25, 2015

The Writing Barn is pleased to welcome Natalia Sylvester, author of critically acclaimed novel Chasing the Sun, for a six-week class, Writing a Literary, Page-Turning Novel. Are you stuck in a manuscript, […]