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  • Day 5: THE ART OF BREAKING THINGS

    THE ART OF BREAKING THINGS, by Laura Sibson, Viking, June 2019 #YADebut2019 #MagicMirror   Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for more VCFA looooove and welcome the lovely Laura Sibson, the June 2012 graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts Writing for Children and Young Adults program (The Secret Gardeners class.) Laura is the…

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  • What I’ve Learned At VCFA Series: Semester One (Included: The Secret To Productivity!)

    This is the end of my first semester. Five packets containing nine essays, 200 pages total of creative work, 50 books read and analyzed, many exchanges with my advisor, Tim Wynne-Jones. I get a little choked up and overwhelmed, just thinking about the whole experience. So why don’t I try to tell you what I’ve learned…

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  • Homework Update

    Spring? Yeah, right! What was I thinking? Two days ago the world around me was wind, the sky lashing rain, and now the yard is covered with soft, beautiful, unwelcome snow. Oh, the foolishness of premature celebrations! As one Russian proverb says, “Don’t say ‘hop!’ before you jump over.” I don’t have time for a long or particularly thoughtful post,…

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  • A Good Reader Is Like A Dementor: Writing Wisdom From Rebecca Stead

    I’ve been meaning to do this little post for a month now, following my glorious January residency. What can I say? It’s a good thing I’m no longer in journalism! Anyway — here it goes. Rebecca Stead, middle-grade author of Newbery-winning “When You Reach Me” and most recently, “Liar & Spy” came to Vermont last month…

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