Spend a little time around published authors and you’re certain to hear this common lament: Regardless of how you publish, it’s tough to get your book noticed. Once the launch window passes—generally within three months (or less) of the book’s release, reader and publisher interest wanes. Authors are a tenacious bunch, committed to seeing a […]
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When Executive Director Morgan Grey asked how long I’d been helping with the blog at 49 Writers, I had to stop and count. Six years. This amazing statewide writing center got its start as a blog, and the blog remains one of its signature features. Accessible statewide, it’s a way for all of us to
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With thanks to 49 Writers Executive Director Morgan Grey and to Brooke Warner of SheWrites Press, we’re reprinting this terrific post that first ran on the SheWrites blog. And if we may, two additions, just for you: submit an Alaska Shorts feature, and submit to Spotlight on Alaska Books. Here’s Brooke’s introduction to the list:
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Have you enjoyed reading this blog over the last year? Do you look forward to this weekly compilation of literary news and events from around the state? More than 100 Alaskan authors have contributed content in the form of monthly guest blogger stints, opinion pieces on topical issues, interviews, and more. The 49 Writers blog
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As the year approaches its close, we have been reviewing program activities undertaken by 49 Writers in 2013 in pursuit of our mission: supporting the artistic development of writers throughout Alaska, fostering a writing community, and building an audience for literature. The blog is where it all started in 2008, and it remains a keystone
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Last week, I gave some pointers on ethics and etiquette for book reviews. Some great discussion followed, especially on the point of whether it’s a good idea for writers who know one another to provide honest reviews of each other’s books. Traditional reviewers tend to follow the journalistic rule of not writing on topics in which you
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Thank you to Marybeth Holleman for her absorbing reading and craft talk last night at Great Harvest Bread Company–and for bringing the important life’s work of Gordon Haber to a wider audience, when it could have so easily been consigned to obscurity. The research of this determined and passionate scientist found its way to an
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Tom Kizzia’s Pilgrim’s Wilderness has just been named a Top 10 Recommended Book for July by Barnes & Noble and a Top 10 Best Book of July by the Apple Store. Here, Jeremy Pataky interviews the author. While Bob Hale, or “Papa Pilgrim”, ultimately became infamous for his deceitful and abusive nature, the drama surounding his family
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A full page of online advertising. Toss in photos and links. Target an audience with an interest in you and your work. While you’re at it, make sure the site has had upward of 330,000 pageviews. Expensive, right? It would be, anywhere else. But here at 49 Writers, you can get all this for free.
No Free Lunch – But How about Free Book Promotion? Read More »
If you’ve been reading this blog, you know we’ve already invited you to support our write-a-thon, by registering, or by donating to someone who is participating (see sidebars at right). But even if you’re not write-a-thon-ing with us, you are invited to a very special and uproarious write-a-thon afterparty. If you attended last year, you
