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Intimate and inspiring workshops for children's authors and illustrators.
Alison Green Myers wanted to join the circus. She wanted to train tigers. She wanted to jump through fire. She wanted to stand on a wire, suspended high above a...…
...from it again. Thank you for bringing me to your blog. I’ve enjoyed our visit. Alison: David, it’s our pleasure! See you next month at the Barn. –Alison G…
...critique groups, workshops, even on social media sites. Alison: It has been a pleasure, Pat. Thank you for joining us today! Pat: Certainly! See you soon! —Alison Gre…
in the Barn throughout the year for visiting writers, illustrators, and guests to enjoy. While introducing Ms. Strickland, Highlights Foundation Program Director Alison Green Myers to…
...see. Alison: Thank you for your time today, Eric. We are all looking forward to solving the great pumpkin mystery this fall. Eric: See you in October! -Alison Green Myers
...at the Foundation and at The Writing Barn in Austin). Alison Green Myers: Hello, Cori! Welcome to the blog! We are eager to hear about new projects that you have...… At dinner in the Barn this March, I mentioned to Alison Green Myers that this was my second visit to Highlights, having attended the Writing for the Educational Market workshop...… ...the scholarships, Alison Green Myers and Jan Cheripko toasted the artists. Mrs. Myers read from several of Eileen’s classic tales during the reception. She b… ...will be announced each year. At the final artist-in-residency of 2016, a reception was held to celebrate author/illustrator Suzanne Bloom. Of Ms. Bloom, Alison Green Myers said, &l… ...An Na discuss some of their favorite methods for uncovering character. Alison: Hello, Padma! Welcome back to the blog. Can you tell our readers a bit about your techniques for...… “Science is the search for understanding of our world. All the fun and excitement is in the search. That’s where the action is.”—Jack Myers Jack Myers<… ...for First Lines, Voice, Character, World Building, and Revision May 19-24, 2019 Faculty: Emma D. Dryden Special Guests: agent Kevin Lewis, Pam Cummings, Alison Green Myers, Ysenia … ...Kit for Writers: Get Your Fixer-Upper Ready to Sell. 2 Guest Post: Carnival, Summer Camp, and Carolyn Yoder: Or why you need to find a creative mentor–Alison Green Myers Alison
Faculty Interview: Cori McCarthy
Jame Richards: Connecting the Dots: How One Visit Leads to the Next
2017 Jerry and Eileen Spinelli scholarships
Announcing the 2017 Suzanne Bloom Scholarship for Artists
Faculty Interview: Capturing Character with Kristy Dempsey, Padma Venkatraman, and An Na
Jack Myers Scholarship for Science Writers
Guest Post: Beth Brody–Embrace the Destruction
Our top ten blog posts from 2016
Overview Voice is the novel’s storyteller, the inroad to character, the guide to the narrative, the road inward as well as well as outward. It is the spirit--the soul and the heartbeat--of the book. Using the work of some of our best young adult and middle grade fiction writers, like Philip Pullman, Nicola Yoon, John […]
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