Ode to a Dead Salmon, our very own bad writing contest, is back this year, and we’ve already received our first entry. So summon your fishy muse, take a look at the guidelines, and send your best bad writing to 49writers@gmail.com by August 15. Attack that fish from any angle – fun, fanciful, political, environmental, …
Thanks to Rich Chiappone, who has been our featured author this month and is also the author of this week’s cover story, “Rich! Bear!” in The Anchorage Press. Last week, in my blog titled “Will You Read My Manuscript For Me?” I encouraged writers to both give advice freely and to receive it with an …
Needs a Little Work: guest post by Rich Chiappone Read More »
I had dinner last night with an Alaska fiction writer — soon-to-be-debut-novelist! (excitement) — and we talked about many, many things. But one thing that came up was the question of whether we write more masculine or more feminine books. That’s a tricky subject, and perhaps I’ll be criticized for making any distinction at all. …
Andromeda/Your Turn: Gender Thoughts and Reading Women Writers Read More »
As part of our ongoing series of interviews with the outstanding 49 Writers crew, Volunteer Coordinator Debbie Moderow catches up with Lorena Knapp – no small feat, since Lorena spends a good deal of her time up in the air. Tell us about your day job, Lorena.I am a helicopter pilot. The view from my …
Debbie: Interview with 49 Writers volunteer Lorena Knapp Read More »
Summer’s in full swing, the fish are running, and you know what that means: our hugely popular “Ode to a Dead Salmon” bad writing contest is back. Take a look at last year’s finalists, sharpen your pencils and follow that smell. We want your best worst writing. The idea for the contest came from our …
It’s back!!! The 49 Writers Ode to a Dead Salmon bad writing contest Read More »
We’re on the homestretch for registration for the writing retreat with acclaimed author David Vann at Tutka Bay Lodge. Only three of 17 spots remain. Decision time! Last Friday, we shared the news that our 415 L. Street facility is being sold and we’ll be moving on Nov. 1. That’s all we knew a week …
OK, I am not making this up: one minute ago, today July 16, at about 10:15 AM, I climbed into my comfortable writing chair, here in my dorm room at UAA intending to write this week’s blog on the subject of giving advice to newer writers who ask me to read there work. I had …
Will You Read My Manuscript? A guest post by Rich Chiappone Read More »
Oh, it’s been a long time since we’ve played “Your Turn,” and my eyeballs are so deep into emails and various less-creative things that I can’t even write a well-crafted blogpost. But I can hope the rest of you are out there doing summery things — and reading wonderful books — perhaps even books so …
A few weeks ago, while I stood in line at our local post office, I couldn’t help but weigh the significance of the moment. I’d waited in line at post offices all over Alaska, but never before did I hold a yellow slip with so much weight to it. This moment was different from those …
Writer in Line at the Post Office: a guest post by Don Rearden Read More »
Friday we got the news: our landlord has signed an agreement to sell, which means we’ll need to vacate 415 L St. by November 1. While we didn’t expect this to happen so fast, we’re not totally taken aback – or even dismayed – by this development. The guesthouse has been a wonderful rallying point …
Andromeda and Deb: 415 L Street to be sold; why we’re looking forward with optimism Read More »
