The Whole Megillah- Time Is Running Out–Pre-Order Your Copy of Chicken Fat Now!The pre-order period for Chicken Fat ends August 18. Note from Barbara: I really hope you’ll check out my book. The poems are personal. The people on the cover? My grandmother, Rose Entel Perlman, an immigrant from Poland, my mother, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- New One-Day Sessions from The Whole MegillahIt’s Back to School time! The Whole Megillah is delighted to introduce a series of one-day sessions to take your writing to the next level: Setting and Achieving Your Writing Goals—Learn from an experienced project manager how to set your … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Literary Offerings into the World | July 2017 ReportPoetry: 2 submissions (Penn Review, BOATT Journal), 1 acceptance (Kelsey Review), 3 rejections (The Literary Review, Rattle, Penn Review). This last rejection was personal! Fiction: 0 submissions, 0 acceptances, 0 rejections. Fiction has taken a backseat for the moment. Creative Nonfiction: 6 … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- 2017 Year of the Book | Second Quarter Progress ReportI pledged 2017 as the Year of the Book. my year to sell a book manuscript. Now that the second quarter of the year has closed, here is my progress report: Poetry: My poetry chapbook, Chicken Fat, is available for pre-sale … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Literary Offerings into the World | June 2017 ReportPretty much a month of rejections… Poetry: 0 submissions, 0 acceptances, 1 rejection (Foundry). Fiction: 0 submissions, 0 acceptances, 0 rejections. Creative Nonfiction: 1 submission (Passager), 1 acceptance (Jewish Literary Journal), 7 rejections (Lascaux Review, J Journal, Front Porch, Agni, Malahat Review, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Now Available! Chicken Fat, a New Poetry Chapbook by Barbara KrasnerNote from Barbara: I really hope you’ll check out my book. The poems are personal. The people on the cover? My grandmother, Rose Entel Perlman, an immigrant from Poland, my mother, Lillian Perlman Krasner, and I think that’s my twin … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Holocaustkidlit.com Goes Live | Online Searchable Database of Children’s Holocaust LiteratureYesterday at Hebrew Union College in New York City at the annual conference of the Association of Jewish Libraries, I announced and demonstrated the debut of Holocaustkidlit.com, a new website featuring an online searchable database of children’s Holocaust literature published … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Literary Offerings into the World | May 2017 ReportThe spring semester is now over and I can return to writing! Poetry: 2 submissions (Foundry and Cimarron Review), and 3 rejections to report (Ilanot Review, Green Mountains Review, Manhattanville Review). Fiction: Continuing work on my Prague story. Rejection of a flash fiction … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Commemorating the Tragedy of the MS St. Louis, 1939Tablet Magazine recently reported that Jewish communities throughout the United States plan to hold vigils to commemorate the MS St. Louis today, June 6. On this day in 1939, the luxury liner’s captain, Gustav Schroeder, received orders from his superiors … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Jewish Traveler’s Notebook | Gomez Mill House, Marlboro, NYThis post debuts a new series and ad hoc feature, the Jewish Traveler’s Notebook. From time to time, I’ll share my experiences at museums and other spots of Jewish interest. Since reading Deborah Prinz’s On the Chocolate Trail (Jewish Lights, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Time Is Running Out–Pre-Order Your Copy of Chicken Fat Now!
Category Archives: Writers Conferences
Last Call | Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books
You owe it to yourself and to your craft. Where else can you find a hands-on writing workshop geared specifically toward Jewish content? Have a picture book you’d like critiqued? Who best to do that? Editors who publish Jewish content and fellow … Continue reading
Claim Your Seat for the 2016 Highlights Workshop, Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books
Do you want feedback on your picture book or novel? Do you want to learn more about submitting your Jewish-themed story? Select seats are still available at the 2016 Highlights Foundation workshop, “Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books.” You’ll hear and learn … Continue reading
Have You Signed Up Yet for the 2016 Highlights Workshop, Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books?
Join me, Kar-Ben publisher Joni Sussman, Scholastic executive editor Dianne Hess, Philomel assistant editor Talia Benamy, and guest author Kathy Kacer at the 2016 Highlights Foundation workshop, “Writing Jewish-themed Children’s Books.” The workshop has been running since 2010, giving writers access … Continue reading
Publicity Notebook | Interview with Larry Dane Brimner, “Getting the Gig” Workshop Leader
I first met Larry Dane Brimner at one of the Carolyn P. Yoder Alumni Retreats at Highlights in Boyds Mills, Pennsylvania. Larry will be giving a workshop on book promotion this spring, April 26-29, 2015, and I’ve asked him some … Continue reading
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Tagged book promotion, Highlights Foundation, larry dane brimner, writers workshops
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Guest Post |Fiction Author and Editor Nora Gold
Next week I will be speaking at the Seminar on the Jewish Story about how being the editor of the online literary journal Jewish Fiction .net affects me as a writer, and vice versa. I look forward to discussing this at the … Continue reading
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Tagged fields of exile, Jewish fiction, jewishfiction.net, Nora Gold, seminar on jewish story
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Finally! A Retreat for Jewish Writers – July 13-16, 2014 in Amherst, MA
Space and time to write your own megillah! Connect to your Jewish memories or bring Jewish-themed manuscripts that just haven’t worked. In this multi-genre workshop, you can create new material or revise a work in progress. The choice is yours. … Continue reading
