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 ...
Andromeda: Why Do You Write What You Write?
Here is why Peter Selgin, author of By Cunning and Craft: Sound Advice and Practical Wisdom for Fiction Writers, writes: “I write fiction for the ...
Read More →
Andromeda: Seeking conference and summer reports
Deb has been reporting from the Skagway North Words Conference, and I’m departing soon for Antioch University in L.A., to miss the Kachemak Bay Conference ...
Read More →
In All Ways Rich
Skagway, site of this year’s North Words Writers Symposium You have a fine idea for a book, a nonfiction narrative that weaves the riveting stories ...
Read More →
Confessions of an Alaskan Screenwriter: A Guest Post by James McLain
I apparently am one of the first three (and hopefully not the last) Alaskan screenwriters to be asked to be a guest blogger for 49 ...
Read More →
Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up
It’s happened again: 49 Writers director Deb Vanasse has been asked to speak on the subject of humor. This time it’s at the North Words ...
Read More →
Andromeda: Sexton's latest collection earns NYT kudos
Thanks to Mike E. for leaving a comment alerting us to the inclusion of Tom Sexton in a glowing New York Times roundup of top ...
Read More →
Andromeda/Your Turn: Your Summer Reading
What are you planning to read this summer? New books? Old classics? Any Alaska books in the mix? Books best experienced via audiobook (for those ...
Read More →
The Memoir: A Guest Post by Kim Rich
Recounting her childhood as the daughter of a gambler and a stripper, “amid the denizens of Anchorage‘s nightlife–pimps, con men, gamblers, prostitutes, heroin addicts,” Kim ...
Read More →