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1. Why I Write Nonfiction Posts

Posted on January 8, 2019July 24, 2019 by caritagardiner

I’ve been making this website to help me develop a writer’s platform, which is something I’m learning about for an online class I’m taking. Pretty much every part of this class falls far outside of my wheelhouse, but I’m loving stretching myself in this way. Having an author’s platform, I now understand, will help me…

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WHAT I DO

I teach English to high schoolers at a boarding school in Connecticut. I read AP English Literature and Composition exams and serve as a teacher mentor for the University of Pennsylvania Teaching Fellows program. I’ve earned a Bachelor of Arts (Amherst College), an Education Master in Learning and Teaching (Harvard University Graduate School of Education), a Master of Arts in English (Bread Loaf School of English), and most recently a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a certificate in the online teaching of writing (Southern New Hampshire University).

As a writer, I hope to capture the complexity and joy of life in the New England boarding school world. On this site, I share what I know about trying to write fiction while teaching English, coaching, and doing the other tasks associated with helping to raise over six hundred other people’s children.

WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU

Teach                    Tutor

Revise                   Edit

Entertain             Enlighten

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  • cgardine@hotchkiss.org

Read my recent “Why” Wednesday Blog Posts

  • 332. Why You Don’t Need to be Brave
  • NetGalley Review of What If It’s You?
  • 331. Why You Should Suck at Something New Every Year (Guest Post)
  • NetGalley Review of Give Me a Shot
  • NetGalley Review of Hotter in the Hamptons
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