VCLA in The Winchester Star
It’s very exciting to have the first official “ink” on VCLA appear in The Winchester Star. Full story here, and pasted, below. Above and below are “out-takes” from a rainy photo shoot from in front of (and behind) the property, at 125 and...
Novels, Site Plans, and other Miracles
How does one go about creating a literary arts center? If I had a magic wand, I could take this. And turn it into this. But I don’t have a magic wand. And what fun would it be, anyway? The creation of a literary arts center...
A Writer’s Residency: What is the Why?
I was happy to come across this excellent essay, “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love my Writing Group” by Kaethe Schwehn (courtesy of the indispensable Lit Hub, a handful of sites that I read daily, without fail). A firsthand account of her experience at first...
This Must Be the Place
For this adventure, which began in early 2017 as a thought exercise—then quickly became an obsession—to be viable, finding the right place for a literary arts center was the first and most important step. The optimal spot would be sufficiently removed from the chaos...
The 1455 Vision: A Sustainable Community for Writers
Vincent van Gogh would undoubtedly be at once bemused and bitter that his legacy is something beyond ubiquity: probably the most instantly recognizable modern painter, and practically a cliché for lazy descriptions of everything ranging from obsession to insanity....
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