Upcoming Workshops
Intimate and inspiring workshops for children’s authors and illustrators.
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Intro to Verse Novels: A Virtual Tour of Limitations and Liberations of Verse Novels
Just Do It! Your Collaborative Support Group for Finishing Your Draft (Spring)
From Idea & Sketch to Dummy & Submission: An Author/Illustrator Online Course
Shape Your Story: A 6-Week Novel Intensive with Author & Agent Linda Epstein (Fall)
PJ Library: Summer Camp for Writers and Illustrators of Jewish Picture Books
Just Do It! Your Collaborative Support Group for Finishing Your Draft (Fall)
Making Magic: Writing and Refining Fantastical and Otherworldly Stories
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Don’t Want to Wait? Try Our Self-Paced, On-Demand Options.
Seize the Reader: Writing for Emotional Impact
Getting Your Middle Grade or Young Adult Novel Unstuck
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Our campus (The Barn at Boyds Mills) is tucked away in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. It's a few hours from both New York City and Philadelphia, but worlds away from everyday life.
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