Podcasts about vcfa

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 53:17

Warm welcome to our new listeners, be sure to follow us on Instagram @88CUPSOFTEA to keep up with our latest posts and Instagram stories where we announce new episodes and essays, feature our favorite quotes, and host Instagram Story takeovers by some of your favorite authors. So make sure to head over to https://www.instagram.com/88cupsoftea/ so you don't miss out on the next takeover! --------------------------------------- We Love Our 88 Cups of Tea Sponsors Did you know we collaborated with VCFA’s MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults to curate a thoughtful series of intimate essays and podcast episodes so you can feel empowered throughout your writing journey? Click here to explore the published pieces. Vermont College of Fine Arts is a global community of artists continuously redefining what it means to be an arts college. They’re accredited by the New England Commission on Higher Education and offers the Master of Fine Arts degree in a variety of fields, including Writing, Writing for Children & Young Adults, and Writing & Publishing, along with an International MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation. With low-residency and fully residential options, VCFA has the graduate program to fit your needs. Be sure to learn more about VCFA by clicking here! --------------------------------------- Curious about breaking into the publishing industry and becoming a literary agent? Or how to craft the best query letter for your story? How about the common mistakes to avoid as a new author navigating the publishing world? We talk about it all and more with Linda Camacho. Linda is a literary agent with a B.S. in Communication from Cornell University and an MFA in creative writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She’s held various positions at Penguin Random House, Dorchester, Simon and Schuster, Writers House, and Prospect Agency. Now at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency, Linda is looking for MG, YA, and adult fiction across all genres (especially upmarket, women’s fiction/romance, and literary horror); she’s also seeking select graphic novel writer-illustrators. We kick off the conversation talking about horror movies and how they sparked her love for storytelling inspiring her publishing career. We discuss the publishing world and the different roles she had that lead her to become a literary agent. From this conversation, she shares how crucial it is to uplift your community, not take any opportunities for granted, be relentlessly persistent in your creative pursuits, and to know your worth. Further in, we talk about how to create lasting diversity in publishing. And later, Linda chats about her experience getting her MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and how her degree helped strengthen her skills as a literary agent and communicate better editorially with her clients. We dive into how to improve your query letter, the common mistakes new authors make navigating the publishing industry, and how to avoid them. Please say 'Hi' to Linda on Twitter! https://twitter.com/lindarandom Head over to her shownotes page at https://88cupsoftea.com/linda-camacho to download one of her favorite query letters and to find the resources and books mentioned in her episode, tweetable quotes, and the timestamps of highlights throughout the entire conversation.

Kekla Magoon on Acknowledging The Grey Areas

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 43:22

Warm welcome to our new listeners, be sure to follow us on Instagram @88CUPSOFTEA to keep up with our latest posts and Instagram stories where we announce new episodes and essays, feature our favorite quotes, and host Instagram Story takeovers by some of your favorite authors. So make sure to head over to https://www.instagram.com/88cupsoftea/ so you don't miss out on the next takeover! --------------------------------------- We Love Our 88 Cups of Tea Sponsors Did you know we collaborated with VCFA’s MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults to curate a thoughtful series of intimate essays and podcast episodes so you can feel empowered throughout your writing journey? Click here to explore the published pieces. Vermont College of Fine Arts is a global community of artists continuously redefining what it means to be an arts college. They’re accredited by the New England Commission on Higher Education and offers the Master of Fine Arts degree in a variety of fields, including Writing, Writing for Children & Young Adults, and Writing & Publishing, along with an International MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation. With low-residency and fully residential options, VCFA has the graduate program to fit your needs. Be sure to learn more about VCFA by clicking here! --------------------------------------- Curious to discover ways an MFA program can strengthen your writing craft and provide a thriving community of writers to lean on for the well-being of your creative life? Wondering how to pick yourself up during those heart wrenching bouts of self-doubt during writing setbacks? How about a strong dose of writing advice about creating powerful first-person POV? We talk about it all and more with Kekla Magoon. Kekla is an award-winning author who has published over a dozen novels for children and young adults, including The Season of Styx Malone, The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, Light It Up, and X: A Novel. She received an NAACP Image Award, three Coretta Scott King Honors, the Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, has been long listed for the National Book Award, and more. Kekla holds an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts where she now serves on faculty. In our conversation, Kekla and I jump right in and talk about her love for stories and how being absorbed into a narrative can help you make better sense of the world around you and bring you comfort in times of uncertainty. We dive into her career path to becoming an author and how she discovered Vermont College of Fine Arts where she got her MFA. She shares her childhood experience and discovering her identity which influenced her passion for acknowledging the grey areas, the reality of racial bias, and cognitive dissonance in her writing. Later we dive deeper into her experience at VCFA and how the MFA program helped evolve her writing, grew her reading and critiquing skills, and provided her with a supportive writing community. We wrap up our conversation by discussing how to be compassionate towards yourself during writing setbacks, along with tips to help you move past moments of frustration, and advice for crafting your characters in the first person. Please say 'Hi' to Kekla on Twitter! https://twitter.com/keklamagoon Head over to her shownotes page at https://88cupsoftea.com/kekla-magoon/‎ to download the writing prompt she made special for our community and to find the resources and books mentioned in her episode, tweetable quotes, and the timestamps of highlights throughout the entire conversation.

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Ep 580: Brad Heck (VCFA)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 41:28

The final episode in a series of conversations with alumni & faculty from the Vermont College of Fine Arts Masters in Film program (vcfa.ued/film), filmmaker Brad Heck talks about how he came to attend the popular film program and his career since.

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Ep 578: Michel Negroponte • Michael Staffieri (VCFA)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 78:15

Sponsored by the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA/film program, this ep includes a conversation with alum, filmmaker Michael Staffieri, as well as one of its star faculty members, filmmaker & old friend of the podcast, Michel Negroponte. Negroponte & I met while at the Camden Int'l Film Festival where his latest film, "My Autonomous Neighbor" had its world premiere.

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Ep 576: Ian Cheney (VCFA)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 44:00

This episode is sponsored by the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Film program. The filmmaker Ian Cheney is a recent alumni. He has directed a number of documentaries including "The Search for General Tso", "Blue Space", "Picture Character", "The Most Unknown" which is on Netflix, and the upcoming "13 Ways" which I caught up with at the Camden International Film Festival.

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AMY ROSE CAPETTA: On Trusting Your Writing Voice

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 61:46

Warm welcome to our new listeners, be sure to check out our archive of episodes by clicking here! --------------------------------------- Did you know we collaborated with VCFA's MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults to curate a thoughtful series of intimate essays and podcast episodes so you can feel empowered throughout your writing journey? Click here to explore the published pieces. Vermont College of Fine Arts is a global community of artists continuously redefining what it means to be an arts college. They're accredited by the New England Commission on Higher Education and offers the Master of Fine Arts degree in a variety of fields, including Writing, Writing for Children & Young Adults, and Writing & Publishing, along with an International MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation. With low-residency and fully residential options, VCFA has the graduate program to fit your needs. Be sure to learn more about VCFA by clicking here! --------------------------------------- Curious to learn how to push past roadblocks that are preventing you from crafting your story? How about tips for developing complicated plots? Or ways to discover confidence in your writing voice? We talk about it all and more with Amy Rose Capetta! Amy is the award-winning YA fantasy, sci-fi, and mystery author of The Lost Coast, Echo After Echo, The Brilliant Death, bestselling novel Once & Future co-written with her partner Cori McCarthy, her highly anticipated novel The Storm of Life (her sequel to The Brilliant Death), and more. She's also the co-founder of the Rainbow Writers Workshop, the first-ever workshop for YA and middle-grade LGBTQIAP writers. In our conversation, Amy shares how she fell in love with storytelling and turned that passion into her writing career. She spills plot structure exercises that will help you see the bigger picture to move past roadblocks in your story. We dive into how a writing MFA helped Amy discover confidence in recognizing and trusting her writing voice, strengthen her revision process, and find a supportive writing community that’s very similar to the arts communities that she loves. Further into our conversation, we discuss the inspiration behind Amy's past novels and her writing process. She shares crafting advice on how to begin a story when you have too many ideas in your head. She gets into the nitty-gritty about writing a large cast of supportive characters and how to not distract the readers from the main story, shares incredible tips for aspiring queer writers, and explains her world-building method for developing complicated plots. Say 'Hi' to Amy Rose Capetta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmyRoseCapetta Head over to Amy's shownotes page at https://88cupsoftea.com/podcast/amy-rose-capetta/ to find all the resources and books mentioned in her episode, tweetable quotes, and the timestamps of highlights throughout the entire conversation. --- If you enjoyed this episode and would love to support our show, Patreon is the best way! Patrons at certain tiers get early access to extended interviews with Rachel Hawkins and New Leaf literary agent JL Stermer this month along with a collection of fantastic extended interviews from previous podcast episodes! If you’re not yet a Patron and you’d love early access to these interviews in addition to other cool benefits (snailmail, Storyteller Welcome Box, livestream hangouts with bookhaul and mystery box giveaways, etc.) head on over to patreon.com/88cupsoftea to sign up!

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AN NA: Writing with Emotional Resonance

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 88:39

Warm welcome to our new listeners, be sure to check out our archive of episodes by clicking here! --------------------------------------- Did you know we collaborated with VCFA's MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults to curate a thoughtful series of intimate essays and podcast episodes so you can feel empowered throughout your writing journey? Click here to explore the published pieces. Vermont College of Fine Arts is a global community of artists continuously redefining what it means to be an arts college. They’re accredited by the New England Commission on Higher Education and offers the Master of Fine Arts degree in a variety of fields, including Writing, Writing for Children & Young Adults, and Writing & Publishing, along with an International MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation. With low-residency and fully residential options, VCFA has the graduate program to fit your needs. Be sure to learn more about VCFA by clicking here! --------------------------------------- This episode contains content and discussion about suicide. If this topic is triggering or upsetting for you, please skip this episode. Thank you. Curious about crafting your stories with vibrancy? Ever wondered what kind of work goes into building powerful vignettes? How about the role that community serves in your creative pursuits? We talk about it all and much more with An Na. Na is the author of "The Place Between Breaths", "The Fold", "Wait for Me", and "A Step from Heaven", which was a National Book Award Finalist and won the Michael L. Printz Award. Her honors include the International Reading Association Award and the Parents Choice Gold Award. Her books have been named as ALA Best Books for Young Adults and a New York Times Notable Book. And she also teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA. In her episode, Na shares how she fell in love with storytelling, giving us a peek into her childhood, and the heartwarming impact that representation has in the world. We dive into her writing process for vignettes and how she builds upon emotions and feelings to craft her scenes. She shares her experience serving on the National Book Awards committee and what the selection process looks like behind the curtain. She tells her story of grief and heartbreak that inspired her novel "The Place Between Breaths", we discuss the harmful narratives created around mental illness, and she stresses the importance of mental health resources. We then continue to dig into her experience writing for TV, the steps you can take to break into TV writing, and the important role that community serves in your creative pursuits and how you can find that through an MFA experience. Say 'Hi' to An Na on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anwriting/ Head over to Na's shownotes page at https://88cupsoftea.com/podcast/an-na/ to find all the resources and books mentioned in her episode, tweetable quotes, and the timestamps of highlights throughout the entire conversation. --- If you enjoyed this episode and would love to support our show, Patreon is the best way! Patrons at certain tiers get early access to extended interviews with Rachel Hawkins and New Leaf literary agent JL Stermer this month along with a collection of fantastic extended interviews from previous podcast episodes! If you’re not yet a Patron and you’d love early access to these interviews in addition to other cool benefits (snailmail, Storyteller Welcome Box, livestream hangouts with bookhaul and mystery box giveaways, etc.) head on over to patreon.com/88cupsoftea to sign up!

Ep 561: Jason Rosenfield (VCFA)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 44:07

Another episode in Filmwax Radio's continuing partnership with the Vermont College of Fine Arts' Masters in Film program; this one with the editor Jason Rosenfield ("Breaking Point", "Lorena"). Visit vcfa.edu/film for more details and remember to mention Filmwax Radio if you reach out to the school.

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18 - Brent Hartinger - Project Sweet Life

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 124:58

Brent Hartinger and I talk VCFA, digital nomading, small town life, the internet (good? evil?), converting books to movies, writing against the rules, finding your tribe, work / life balance, + no deep dive into any particular book or movie cause why not?

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Ep 557: Amy Hesketh (VCFA)

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 46:00

The second in a series of interviews with graduates of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA Film Program. This one is with the filmmaker Amy Hesketh ("Olalla", "Beardbath") who is a recent graduate, an adjunct film teacher at Olympic College in Washington, and one of the filmmakers at Pachamama Films.

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Ep 553: George Nicholas (VCFA)

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 75:00

As part of a special partnership with the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA Film Program, Filmwax Radio is proud to introduce a number of alums to the show. The first up in this series if the filmmaker George Nicholas who, in addition to his film work, teaches cinematography and film production at Hofstra University in Long Island, NY.

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The Morrison Bobble - VCFA Representatives

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 25:20

The Morrison Bobble - VCFA Representatives by MBSC Podcast

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Art More Than Ever Podcast S1E6 - CoriMcCarthy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2018 16:21

Erica interviews young adult author and VCFA alum Cori McCarthy about writing, revising, and their approach to creating stories and characters. Cori received their MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults in 2011 and will return to VCFA this summer as a visiting faculty member for the program. Cori's most recent book, "Now A Major Motion Picture," was released this April.

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Art More Than Ever Podcast S1E4 - Adam DelMarcelle

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2018 21:37

Host Erica Heilman interviews recent MFA in Graphic Design graduate Adam DelMarcelle, whose groundbreaking work surrounding the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania and the East Coast has garnered national attention. Adam, who graduated from VCFA in April 2018, also serves as an adjunct professor at York College of Pennsylvania and Lebanon Valley College, teaching courses in graphic design and printmaking. Adam's project "What Heroin Sounds Like" can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/whatheroinsoundslike

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Art More Than Ever Podcast S1E2 - Carla Kihlstedt

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 28:41

“Art More Than Ever” host Erica Heilman interviews songwriter, composer, singer, and violinist Carla Kihlstedt, a faculty member in VCFA’s MFA in Music Composition program. In this fascinating conversation, Carla discusses writing music with her songwriter husband, Matthias Bossi, her most recent song cycle, Black Inscription, and much more.

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