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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 get the word out to eager readers once I have an actual book to share.

In the class, I’m learning how to create a virtual space where my (as yet non-existent) readers will want to come once they’ve read my fictional books (also as yet non-existent) to learn more about my real self. So for now, you get just the real self in a virtual form.

Unless you know somebody who wants to publish my fiction…Then, let’s talk.

by Carita Gardiner

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WHAT I DO

I serve as a class dean and teach English to high schoolers at a boarding school in Connecticut. 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 deaning, teaching English, coaching, and doing the other tasks associated with helping to raise over six hundred other people’s children.

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