The Writing Barn Presents: The November Advanced Writer Workshop Weekend, Thoughts, Gestures and Dialogue with award winning author Francisco X. Stork is sold-out! 16 writers from all across the country […]
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Craft Talk Tuesday with Amy Rose Capetta, author of Entangled
Posted onA few years ago, here in Austin, this old VCFA grad (yes, I mean me) met a young and talented current VCFA student (and now grad). We bonded over all […]
Continue ReadingAn Author Headshot Event: Sam Bond Photography at The Writing Barn
Posted onAn Author Headshot Event: Sam Bond Photography at The Writing Barn 10202 Wommack Road, Austin 78748 Saturday and Sunday December 7 & 8 Bookings from 9:00 am to 4 pm […]
Continue ReadingThe Writing Barn, Yellow Bird Editors, and The Typewriter Rodeo at the Austin Teen Books Festival
Posted onThis last Saturday, Sara Kocek and I, (Bethany Hegedus) hit the Austin Teen Book Festival to promote her College Essay Boot Camp class, and our joint Let Loose! A Creative […]
Continue ReadingEvent Recap: Triple Threat, Triple the Ah-ha’s with authors Kathi Appelt, Susan Fletcher, and Uma Krishnaswami
Posted onIt was triple the fun at The Writing Barn on Saturday, September 14th when award winning authors, Kathi Appelt, Uma Krishnaswami, and Susan Fletcher joined us for a morning series […]
Continue ReadingPersonal Post: 9/11
Posted onToday is the 12th anniversary of 9/11. As I currently don’t have a personal blog, I am sharing a poem I wrote in the days after 9/11 about my experiences […]
Continue ReadingCraft Talk Tuesday with debut author, Sara Polsky
Posted onWelcome to Craft Talk Tuesday. Today, we’re the last stop on the Sara Squared Blog Tour. The Writing Barn we welcome Sara Polsky, debut author of This is How I […]
Continue ReadingWhat My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday with debut author, Sara Kocek
Posted onThe Writing Barn is thrilled to be a stop on the Sara2 Blog Tour! Today we welcome, Sara Kocek, author of Promise Me Something, a debut novel which is called “Compelling, honest storytelling” […]
Continue ReadingNEW CLASS! Read to Write Workshop with Michael Noll
Posted onRead to Write Workshop When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2-6 pm Cost: Sliding Scale, $85-150 To register: email michaelnoll1 at gmail.com Have you ever started a story and stopped after three pages? […]
Continue ReadingCraft Talk Tuesday with Meredith Davis
Posted onWriting Barn friends, you are in for a major treat today as Meredith Davis joins us for an in-depth discussion of how to handle “time”in our novels. She covers everything […]
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