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Cover Reveal for Jennifer Hawkins

Posted on October 9, 2019October 9, 2019

This week we spent some time with award winning author Jen Marie Hawkins to talk about the big cover reveal for her new book, The Language of Cherries. Get an […]

Cover Reveal with Lisa Katzenberger

Posted on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019

To celebrate the cover reveal of Lisa Katzenberger’s new picture book, National Regular Average Ordinary Day, we sat down with Lisa to find out more about her latest triumph. First, […]

Say Hello to Bethany’s New Website!

Posted on September 27, 2019October 4, 2019

Here at the Barn, we are proud to announce our founder, Bethany Hegedus’ new website, bethanyhegedus.com. Bethany believes Your YES is NEXT! Her new website is designed to encourage and […]

Vanessa (Nering) Gill Makes a Case for Community

Posted on September 6, 2019September 6, 2019

Ursula 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 […]

Deepening the Craft at a Writing Barn Intensive

Posted on August 30, 2019September 4, 2019

By 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 […]

What We Read This Pride Month

Posted on July 5, 2019July 5, 2019

Pride: 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 […]

It Was Hard Work, But It Was Worth It: The First Picture Book Biography Examining the Life of President Carter

Posted on June 25, 2019June 25, 2019

by 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 […]

Interview with Anneke Swanson

Posted on June 14, 2019August 21, 2019

What did it mean to be selected for the commission to do an artistic rendering of The Writing Barn grounds as we launch Buddha Hall and serve now not only […]

May: National Revision Month?

Posted on May 16, 2019May 16, 2019

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Now that Poetry Month is over, I’m sure you have plenty of pieces just sitting on your laptop or in your journal from all of April’s inspiration. I know I […]

Black Fantasy – Using Fantasy as a Tool to Explore Issues within a Community

Posted on May 3, 2019May 6, 2019

Black fantasy is an interesting subgenre for a variety of reasons. Fantasy is a genre where the rules and customs of our society don’t have to be present in the […]