Author Reed Farrel Coleman, author of twenty-one novels, read from and signed his newest book, Where It Hurts. Coleman graced BookPeople with his presence Saturday night, bringing with him a boundless […]
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Scholarship Available for our Upcoming Advanced Writer Weekend (SCBWI Members ONLY)
Posted onWe are thrilled to offer the Funny Friends $500 scholarship sponsored by author Crystal Allen to honor her mentor Donna Gehpart who is teaching with us at The Writing Barn during […]
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What My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday with Author, Nicole Griffin
Posted onWhat 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 […]
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What My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday, with bestselling author, Lisa Papademetriou
Posted on‘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 […]
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Event Recap of Austin author, Paige Schilt’s, Queer Rock Love
Posted onAustin 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 […]
Continue ReadingAustin 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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