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Beware Rabbit Holes: Managing Bad Distractions and Good Temptations by Andromeda Romano-Lax

Tell me, what is it you plan to do / With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver    Today I want to talk ...

Ken Waldman: Lighthouse Lit Fest Report

REPORT FROM THE SIXTH ANNUAL LIGHTHOUSE LIT FEST, JUNE 3-JUNE 18, 2011, DENVER In the late 1990s, as I expanded my touring, and started traveling ...
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49 Writers Interview: Jenna Schnuer

East Coast travel writer Jenna Schnuer came to us with an offer we couldn’t refuse:  she wanted to give back to Alaskans by volunteering with ...
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Confessions of an Alaskan Screenwriter, Act 3: A Guest Post by James McLain

When last we were speaking, I had learned that you need to not only write really good stories, but that period pieces are not likely ...
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Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up

Visiting author Bruce Hale instructs a full class of local writers on the fine points of being funny. For starters, we want to thank the ...
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Ela: Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference Recap

Back in April, Eva Saulitis wrote about the seed the keynote address sows at the beginning of the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, that then finds ...
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49 Writers Volunteer Interview: Leslie Hsu Oh

Continuing our series of interviews with the great volunteers on whom we depend, meet our Interview Coordinator, Leslie Hsu Oh.  Of course we can always ...
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Confessions of an Alaskan Screenwriter, Act 2: A Guest Post by James McLain

I once asked a director friend of mine, “What can I write?” I was concerned with what was possible to put on the screen. He ...
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Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up

June is a great month for Alaska’s writers. The North Words Writers Symposium wrapped up in grand style, with talk of it doing a stint ...
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