Library of League of Vermont Writers

By A. Y. Berthiaume For the last year I have toiled with the idea of whether to write nonfiction under my real name or a pen name, I thought to ask a fellow writer and LVW member (M. LaRose) for her insight...

By Jamie Evans Starting a blog can be intimidating, but only before you’ve made your first post. It took a while to get everything running, but once it was, blogging became something I really enjoyed...

By Cat Gullotta On Saturday, January 27, the League of Vermont Writers held its annual Winter Program, “New Journeys, New Beginnings.” Since I am a student intern, I got to help with the program and was also able to listen to what advice other writers had to share.

By Alyssa Berthiaume I’m certain that I am not alone in saying that as a writer I have multiple personalities. Some of you may call them voices. I have personalities that appear at every stage of the writing process: the Anti-Writer, the Nag, and the Critic...

By Rich Graham I have not attended any LVW events in the past ten years (due to health issues) and I just wanted to share my thoughts on attending our annual Winter conference this past weekend...

By M. LaRose If you write, you’ve probably experienced at least one inspiration that’s swept into your thoughts unexpectedly. Like a rogue wave, an idea suddenly rises from your subconscious, swells forward, and tosses the gleaming treasure of a story-concept onto the beach of your conscious mind...

By Shawn Thomas Anderson We are so proud to announce that League of Vermont Writers Board Member and Writing Coach, Annalisa Parent, was recently featured in a full-page article in the December 20th edition of SEVEN DAYS.

By Shawn Thomas Anderson With the new year upon us, it’s a good time to dust off the notes from my marketing talk at the INTO THE WORDS and apply them to set attainable goals for next year’s writing and beyond.

By Gino DiGioia Many of the people reading this may see gaming as a sort of digital pastime for younger people, however, for me, it’s a way for me to engage in stories that wouldn’t be possible in a normal book setting.

By Shawn Thomas Anderson When it comes to social media, I view Facebook as more like a family reunion, and Twitter is more like a glorious cocktail party where you can mix, mingle, and build your own writing community, and hashtags are an essential tool to organize your tweets and conversations...

By Shannara Johnson and Shawn Anderson At a recent board-member meeting and retreat, Shannara Johnson proposed that we do some writing and craft two-sentence horror stories. It was a fun exercise, definitely in the spirit of the season...

By M. LaRose Driving to the LVW “Wicked Wording” conference on 9/30/17 caused me to travel down a road I hadn’t taken in a while (and I’m not being metaphorical). I knew the road would take me past a certain abandoned house that that I’ve felt strangely drawn to ever since I first noticed it, years ago...

By Lisa Halvorsen You may be wondering why we chose this location for our meeting. Well, you see, it fits with our Wicked Wording theme as it may have a ghost...

By Sheila Arel Lowe My introduction to LVW was on a FB post that advertised "Into The Words." I responded and asked if an avid reader who is an aspiring writer could attend...

By Michael Caldwell The day at Jerry Johnson's Shangri-La was like a dream. Shawn Anderson's workshop "Defining Your Persona, Platform, and Plan" evoked a dream the next morning...

By Janet Hayward Burnham How was it possible, I asked myself, to take a bunch of mostly older adults and coax the words and music to a new song out of such a motley crew? Yes, we're all writers in some shape or form...

By Kathy Quimby Johnson Come to your senses, Pat Esden advised. “Wake up and smell the roses.” She didn’t mean metaphorically, but literally...

Congratulations Hank Parker, winner of the INTO THE WORDS summer writing contest. Had I missed a turn somewhere? Golden hay fields rising to maple-clad hills. Dust-covered Subarus parked by a half-mooned outhouse. A grassy path past a horse barn...

By Shawn Thomas Anderson In my discussion this July at INTO THE WORDS, we talked about the elements that help you develop a solid foundation for building your writing castle, a.k.a. your writing platform.

By Shawn Thomas Anderson BURLINGTON, VT, September 1, 2017 — Registration is open for the League of Vermont Writers annual fall program, Wicked Wording This Way Comes. This year’s gathering has a Halloween theme...