The Whole Megillah- Reminder: A Free Introductory Writing Session!Everyone Has a Story to Tell Launching in June 2020, the Writing Chai Studio offers writers of all genres and all levels the opportunity to find the stories within them and bring them onto the page. Find the voice that … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Yesterday I announced Writing Chai Studio with a free introductory session and three new summer writing workshops. Please check it out! I attended a wonderful poetry reading last night sponsored by CavanKerry Press. The Whole Megillah subscriber … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Announcing the Writing Chai Studio and a Free Introductory Writing SessionEveryone Has a Story to Tell Launching in June 2020, the Writing Chai Studio offers writers of all genres and all levels the opportunity to find the stories within them and bring them onto the page. Find the voice that … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’ve been participating in Amherst Writers & Artists Write Around the World fundraising event. I’ve written in two events so far and have coming up later this week. I’ve written some poetry and started a new short … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’ve been listening to some free Highlights Foundation craft sessions. I found the one with award-winning poet and picture book author Lesléa Newman particularly inspiring. Check them out. I decided this week to be kinder to myself. … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I’m now exploring Sol Stein’s craft book, Stein on Writing. It’s a good refresher. Though funds may disappear as a result of COVID-19-induced university cuts, I’ve signed up for several Amherst Writers & Artists generative writing sessions, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: I have officially begun to translate Yiddish poetry. I’m starting with short poems of Rayzl Zhikhlinsky. Only two more Yiddish classes left this semester. My paper proposal, “Faceless: Dehumanization of Holocaust Perpetrators in Children’s Picture Books,” has … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- The Partisans Hymn – Yom HashoahThis came into my email today. I found it very powerful.Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Chag Sameach! A zisen Pesach! We may be conducting a Seder with family through Zoom or braving it alone, but hey, we as a people have been through worse. Are you keeping any kind of COVID-19 journal? … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week NotesThree quick things: Each day brings new writing opportunities into my email inbox whether from Amherst Writers & Artists group leaders, past workshop leaders, or more formal organizations such as Writers Studio. I toyed with the idea of signing up … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Reminder: A Free Introductory Writing Session!
Tag Archives: Highlights Foundation
In the Spirit of Poetry Has Value | May 2016 Report
Here are my May statistics: Poetry: Sent to 12 journals (Pedestal, Minerva Rising, New England Review, Bennington Review, The Common, Boxcar Review, Poet Lore, US 1 Worksheets, Arroyo Literary Review, Reservoir, Mom Egg Review, Prime Number), one acceptance (honorable mention and publication … Continue reading
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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