Some of the authors I'll be meeting and learning from are:
Kathi Appelt (author of The Underneath-a strong competitor for the Newbery this year)
Norma Fox Mazer
MT Anderson
Tim Wynne-Jones
Rita Williams-Garcia
Sharon Darrow
Martine Leavitt
(and I found out that Cynthia Letiech-Smith will be returning in January!)
And these are only a few of the talented writers I'll be working with!
Amazing, right?
I'll be posting one more time before I leave, and then I'll try to post each night to keep you up with my experiences in Vermont.
Hopefully this will be helpful to anyone considering attending a low-rez program.
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You are going to get such great feedback! I'm excited for you!
I just met someone this weekend who's going also!
i never managed to get to my own nightly postings last january -- too much "networking" with my classmates!
as for the busy-busy aspects of the schedule keep in mind that most people find themselves a little burnt out midway through, and as long as you're getting your minimum number of lectures in, it's okay to take a few lectures off for some down time (not tobin's, of course!). everyone always wants to see and do everything, but about five days in there just comes a day where people need to sleep in, or take an afternoon nap.
busy has never felt more fun, or as invigorating.
The busy-ness of the schedule is partly dependent on how many graduating student lectures there are to squeeze in. I think the class graduating this summer is fairly hefty, 17 or 18? At least that's hefty compared to the 8 souls in my class.
Also, the summer residency usually has the special weekend in the middle, which makes things even more jampacked.
Even though my final residency schedule last January was fairly relaxed in comparison to this summer's, it felt like it lasted about 3 months. But probably that's because I had to give a reading and lecture.
Have a great time, Dawn! I hope you can give yourself permission to skip things once in a while when you need a nap.
Dawn, this sounds so amazing and so exciting! Keep us all posted. We can live vicariously thorugh you...
Thanks PJ-I'm really excited too! If I can get past being so nervous!
Hi David-it'll be nice to meet you in person. Thanks for being a regular visitor here! I want to suck up as much info. as I possibly can, and I don't want to miss anything, but if I need to I will.
Hi Michele, I just heard the incoming class is 27 people! That is an unbelievable number, compared to the 8 in yours just a couple years ago!
Thanks for stopping by, Sheri. I'll do my best to keep up with this blog so people who are considering this will have plenty of real-life information to help them decide. I won't sugar-coat it either.
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