Helen Pyne

YA/MG writer, editor, teacher. Intrepid traveler, VCFA alum. I work for Daraja Academy in Kenya, which educates & empowers disadvantaged but exceptional girls.

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Join Daraja's 120 Kenyan students and the school's many supporters across the planet to run/bike/swim/hike OR donate to the cause of educating and empowering young women via the #Race4Daraja! Our grads are making a positive difference in their communities and around the world!

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Watch my entire response to Senator Ted Cruz about the Supreme Court vacancy:

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Congratulations to the class of 2019 Daraja graduates! I believe in you and know that you're going to change the world.

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@annjacobusSF Congratulations, Ann!

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An important, well-researched and well-written piece about emotional health by writer Ann Jacobus. Even if you’re not a writer, I recommend reading it. It will have resonance!

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Hey Storytellers, don’t miss our latest article written by @annjacobusSF, in partnership with @VCFAWCYA @VCFA , where she speaks to the important relationship between creativity and prioritizing mental health and self care!

#amwriting #WritingCommunity

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Writers rock and the ones I met at the Writing Barb this weekend were The Best! Thank you to agent Lauren Spieller and author Laura Weymouth for your inspiring words, energy & support.

[Courage to Create Community with Bethany Hegedus @CTCWriters]

18 writers led by @laurenspieller and @lauraeweymouth spent the weekend delving deeply into craft, creativity, fears, hopes, and what gives each of them the courage to create. It was an amazing intensive @TheWritingBarn! #amwriting #community #craft #creativity #couragetocreate

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Daraja girls are my superheroes! Help us to support and empower them on International Day of the Girl.

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Congratulations, Esther! You are an inspiration to us all! https://t.co/L5kXoJEYPB

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@carolinetc Thank you, Caroline. Great reframing. Mind if I say that too?

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A new school and a better life for 30 exceptional Daraja girls arriving on campus today. Join me and buy a new student a backpack of supplies! Feel the love.

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I'm supporting Daraja today, because a sisterhood of graduates like this can create a life-long network of powerful professional women and community leaders.

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A wonderful novel, LILY LO, by my friend, the late Frances Lee Hall, is out today! Don't miss this great story by a writer we love and miss.

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It’s LILY LO’s #BookBirthday! #lilyloandthewontonmaker by the late Frances Lee Hall is out in the world today! #inmemoryoffrancesleehall Order at https://t.co/AvDwLLpedb. All proceeds go to her daughter’s education fund. #middlegrade #ownvoices #WNDB

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LILY LO is a touching and humorous middle grade novel by a dear friend and gifted writer, who sadly left us too soon. But Frances Lee Hall's talent lives on!

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Our @VCFAWCYA writing group and #middlegrade novel #lilyloandthewontonmaker by Frances Lee Hall #inmemoryoffrancesleehall! Release date Nov. 27th! Pre-order https://t.co/1ZqFtF7tzC #WNDB #diversestories
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Writers, you can and do make a difference!

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The key to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's success? It's books, she says https://t.co/s3XqKKs9Wi via @nbcnews

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Thanks, @VCFAWCYA for sharing the story of my bringing YA books by American authors to the inspirational girls at @darajaacademy. These girls also have important stories to tell. https://t.co/3pYbKNtLiZ

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So wonderful to have more resources for teen writers. Thank you Katie and Sarah!

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Young Inklings has a smorgasbord of great programs, classes and resources for young writers and their parents.

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Just saw this quote in the Rome airport, which sums up my new life philosophy. "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."--Augustinus

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Books by VCFA authors traveled to Kenya and were a hit in my writing workshops with students at Daraja Academy! #darajacademy. The girls loved your novels! @varianjohnson @OneCrazyRita @Carol_writer928 @CynLeitichSmith @melaniecrowder @danawalrath.
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It was a privilege to teach the talented & inspirational girls at Daraja. These students inspire me! https://t.co/aKkJsL1wYk