A list of recommended, mentor texts including: 1. BIG MAGIC, by Liz Gilbert 2. THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS 3.DOPPELGANGER: A TRIP INTO THE MIRROR WORLD 4.YUMI AND MONSTER (not a rec, just my own addition) 5.GET IN TROUBLE 6. SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 7. THEN WE CAME TO THE END
That post-Alum Weekend library request list: Part 1. #HamlineMFAC #writers #hope @hamlinemfac.bsky.social
Last weekend as an MFAC candidate!! SO MANY FEELS!!
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Okay to follow up my #HamlineMFAC starter pack, I have also made a feed! I do want to remind people that this feed/ starter pack is unaffiliated with Hamline and is maintained by an outsider (me, an alumni).
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Thanks for making this starter pack! I followed everyone. Could you please add me? #HamlineMFAC grad from a few years ago :)
Made a starter pack for my #HamlineMFAC community! ❤️
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"Omniscient [POV] works best when the story is bigger than the characters." - @erinentrada.bsky.social
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"In every single thing I do, in every single thing I write, there is a love letter for someone who needs it." -Kao Kalia Yang
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"Inferring is one of the greatest pleasures as a reader. Your job as a writer is to imply. This is what 'show vs. tell' really means." -Elana K. Arnold
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seven years ago, I started writing a story about these two kids named Dene and Molly. I sent a sample chapter about them when I applied to #HamlineMFAC and I even started revising and (re)outlining this book for my creative thesis before I switched to picture books.
Author Mike Jung and a group of 12 alumni posing for the camera during Hamline MFAC Alumni Weekend
Hamline MFAC Alumni Weekend has been truly wonderful - I've rarely felt as welcomed, wanted, and celebrated at a writer gig as I have here, and I learned as much from the alums as they did from me. I'd love to do it again in the future. #HamlineMFAC
Screencap with the following text: "Sunday, January 7 9:00-11:30 Mike Jung—Master Class (Day 2): Building the Perfect Emotional Beast Anderson 304/305 1:00-2:00 Trisha de Guzman—Q and A with an Editor Anderson 304/305 Get your questions ready for Trisha de Guzman, an editor with FSG. In this alumni-only session, we’ll get to sit down with Trisha and, now that we’re more familiar with her work, ask her our questions and get some answers! 2:15-3:15 Daniel Mauleón—Don't Leave Me On Read: Digital Communications in Contemporary Novels Anderson 304/305 Revising a novel is hard: you can’t hold the whole book in your head at one time, and you can’t revise it all in one sitting. And in addition to"
I am, as expected, wiped out, falling down tired after today's 2.5 hour class with alumni and 1 hour lecture for current students, faculty, AND alumni, but I'm here, being a part of the Hamline MFAC experience. One full day left; I'm going to make the most of it. #HamlineMFAC
Minnesota kidlit people, I'll be in St. Paul three weeks from tomorrow and we're totally gonna hang out, so be ready, I'm bringing my fancy clown suit and everything #HamlineMFAC
