Here at The Writing Barn we love Uma Krishnaswami. We devoured her last novel, The Grand Plan to Fix Everything and eagerly await The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic, its […]
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What My Last Book Taught Me with Lisa Jahn Clough, author of Nothing But Blue
Posted onIt’s my pleasure today to welcome Lisa Jahn Clough to The Writing Barn blog. When I was a student at VCFA getting my MFA, Lisa was on faculty (now, she […]
Continue ReadingWriting Barn Rave from National Book Award Finalist Sara Zara, on Teaching at The Writing Barn
Posted onA Writing Barn rave from National Book Award finalist, Sara Zarr about her time teaching with us here at The Writing Barn: “‘A writer I like, Frederick Buechner, says that […]
Continue ReadingSummer 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 ReadingEvent Report: Ball Book Party and Austin Pets Alive Fundraiser
Posted onRecently on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon, friends, family, and the dog loving public gathered at The Writing Barn to celebrate author/illustrator Mary Sullivan’s new picture book, Ball (HM/13). Mary had […]
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 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 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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