Voice in The Sweet Dead Life In The Sweet Dead Life (May 2013, Soho Press) and its sequel, The A Word (May 2014, Soho Press), narrator of Jenna Samuels, 14 […]
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Summer Session: Writing for the Tween & Teen Markets with award-winning author Shana Burg
Posted onWriting for Tween and Teen Markets with Shana Burg Have you always have wanted to write for young readers but aren’t sure where to begin? Or do you have a […]
Continue ReadingUsing Setting to Establish Character, with Writing Barn instructor Michael Noll
Posted onToday Michael Noll, who is teaching Read Well, Write Better with us at The Writing Barn on June 1st, shares with us a writing exercise based around examining a scene from Fitzgerald’s […]
Continue ReadingWhat My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday with Janet Fox, author of Sirens
Posted onLaunching our What My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday blog series is the lovely and talented Janet Fox. Janet stayed with us at The Writing Barn this past January when […]
Continue ReadingCraft Talk Tuesday with Carol Brendler
Posted onWelcome to Craft Talk Tuesday! Once or twice a month, The Writing Barn, will be posting in-depth essays on craft issues on Tuesday’s–waalah–that’s how we came up with the CTT […]
Continue ReadingRead Well, Write Better: A Fiction Workshop with Michael Noll
Posted onRead Well, Write Better: A Fiction Workshop with Michael Noll When: Saturday June 1st, 2 to 6pm Cost: Sliding scale, $85-150 To register: visit http://readtowritestories.com/read-well-write-better-workshop/ About the Workshop: Have a story […]
Continue ReadingA Writer’s Delight: A Writing Barn Retreat
Posted onMy friend Bonnie contacted me last winter and asked if I would like to join her on a writer’s retreat at The Writing Barn in the Spring. Being thoroughly enthused […]
Continue ReadingJodi Egerton hosts a Word Play! class on April 6th 2-6pm
Posted onJodi Egerton, of Write Good Consulting, hosts her second Word Play! class at The Writing Barn on April 6th from 2-6pm. Jodi joined us here at The Barn for […]
Continue ReadingSara Zarr Lecture ONLY Spots, $75.00 April 19th and 20th
Posted onThe Writing Barn Presents: April Advanced Writing Weekend Workshop Little Turnings: Examining Emotional Pacing led by Sara Zarr is sold-out, with thirty-two applications having been received for the limited capacity twenty-person workshop! Sara Zarr […]
Continue ReadingYes, and…Playing on the Page
Posted onLast Saturday, we welcomed Jodi Egerton, of Write Good Consulting, to The Writing Barn for a morning of creativity inducing, laughter generating, page-producing fun. Jodi, a Ph. D in English […]
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