Teaching

Are You Teaching This Fall?

Yup! On Tuesday, August 24 at 6pm, I will begin teaching a synchronous online class at Austin Community College. Beginning Creative Writing: Introduction to Young Adult Fiction. (Synchronous online means we meet online every Tuesday 6-840pm, live and in person.)…
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Why I Teach

Next week, Shelli Cornelison and I begin our fourth collaboration as teachers of our six-week short fiction workshop. Writers will share and revise as many stories as we can possibly read and critique during that time. Each time we teach,…
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My First Webinar…Yes!

Kwame Alexander’s talk about his path to publication and winning the Newbery Medal for the Crossover is about saying yes. He believes in the yes. So do I. So when Writers League of Texas Program Director Michael Noll emailed and…
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Those Who Can, Teach

I’ve always hated the expression: Those who can’t, teach. It’s specifically meant to disparage teachers who can’t, supposedly, make it in the “real” world by doing their art, whatever it may be. For some people, teaching is a second choice.…
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