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 […]
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Austin Author Spotlight with Greg Garrett
Posted onJune’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. […]
Continue ReadingSummer 2015 Retreat Specials
Posted onCalling all Creatives—In and Out of the Lonestar State! It’s summer, which means the kids are home from school, the days are long, and the writing projects get pushed to […]
Continue ReadingTwo $300 Scholarships To Be Awarded for the YA, MG & More Full Novel Revision Week May 30th
Posted onThanks to the success of our latest daylong and weekend Write Away Days, The Writing Barn is excited to award two $300 need-based scholarships to any writers interested in attending […]
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Rejecting Rejection with Jessica Storey Dils
Posted onThis week’s Rejecting Rejection welcomes to the floor Jessica Storey Dils, YA fiction and picture book writer. Here she explains with a creative life comes the adaptation to uncertainty, to maybes, as a […]
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What’s Happening in the Austin Book World February 26-March 5
Posted onHello Everyone I hope all is going well and also, I hope you all had a chance to engage in the Austin Book World this past week. If not that […]
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Event Recap: Words and Wine Wednesday with Mary Helen Specht
Posted onby Jessica Hincapie Event Recap: Words and Wine Wednesday with Mary Helen Specht This past wednesday The Writing Barn was thrilled to kick off one of its brand new free […]
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Event Recap: National Readathon Day at The Writing Barn
Posted onLucky for us, Saturday, January 24th was a nice day with plenty of deer visitors and sun beams to nestle under for National Readathon Day. From 11:30 – 4:00, The […]
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Q&A with Theo Pauline Nestor on Memoir Writing and Teaching
Posted onBy Lily Angelle The Writing Barn is very excited to welcome memoirist Theo Pauline Nestor March 26-29 for the Memoir Writers’ Intensive: Mastering the Art of Being Yourself on the […]
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Austin SCBWI Working Conference: March 7/8 Lodging Specials
Posted onAustin SCBWI Working Conference: March 7/8 Lodging Specials Will you be attending the 2015 Austin SCBWI Working Conference on March 7th and 8th being held at the South Austin Marriott–about […]
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