I’m not a big shopper, so while others are braving the stores at this time of year, I shift into a less glamorous mode: assessment and planning. As always, I’ll reflect on my writing – where it’s been, where it’s going – but this year I’ll also ponder our programs here at the 49 Alaska […]
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Dyson shooting a black powder rifle at Bannock, a Montana ghost town. “If everybody loves you, then you probably aren’t that interesting.” That’s some of the best author advice I’ve heard. It comes from Sharpie-art wearer, code-lover, Marmalade Sunlover, Alaskan-at-heart Cindy Dyson. On September 21, 2009, we first ran this interview with Dyson, whose novel
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Ready for leftovers – and online shopping? Our Online Holiday Literary Auction starts Nov. 26 and runs through Dec. 5 with literary services and items of interest to readers and writers, from a two-night stay at Sheep Mountain Lodge to a partial manuscript critique by a New York editor. View items and place your bid
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Turkeys are cooking, but here at 49writers, we’re launching our next online experiment and we’re hoping you’ll take part and help spread the word. On Black Friday, we’ll begin our first ONLINE HOLIDAY LITERARY AUCTION, which will run for 10 days at ebay. This is the second part of our paired online fundraisers which support
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I’m back from a whirlwind author tour of Southeast Alaska – Ketchikan, Sitka, and Juneau – a scheme initially concocted by Charlotte Glover, 49 writers member/fan/contributor and librarian extraordinaire, pictured here with her assistant Debbie and me. Debbie, by the way, makes wonderful posters and displays for their visiting authors. I’m seconding Tricia’s shout-out to
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A couple of months ago, a woman in our book club showed up with her sleek Kindle while the rest of us were toting along curled-cover softbound editions of The Help. I was curious about the device, but an uneasy sense of reader-pity also rose up: Oh, you poor thing. You’ve lost your way. The
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Book Bag Fundraiser: New titles are being added each day as new donations continue to roll in. We’re halfway to our goal of selling fifty bags. $80 for a great bag of four to five books. Please order soon and thanks if you’ve already done so! http://www.49fundraiser.blogspot.com/. Coming in less than one week: our online
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I announced it on Facebook and I’m announcing it here, with pleasure: My second novel, The Discus Thrower, has been accepted for publication by Soho Press. The book is set in Italy 1938, and is a road adventure story, through Tuscany and the Piedmont, about classical art, politics, and love. Pub date is early 2012.
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“… short stories telling of the life in the northernmost state … unique and original … a sign that Ravicz is an author to look out for in the future.” — Midwest Book Review Two of our favorite things about being part of this collaborative blog: The chance to interview and read about writers we
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What do Anne Coray, Anne Caston, Peggy Shumaker, Mike Burwell, Derek Burleson, Sandy Kleven, and Elizabeth Bradfield all have in common? They’re all Alaska poets or poets with strong AK connections and they all have books in our Fundraiser Book Bags, either donated directly by the poets or their colleagues. (A huge thanks to Peggy
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