Years ago, I attended a conference in Dallas called Women Writing the West, where I got a kick out of watching a series of people pitch their book ideas to a panel of agents, editors, and one top-level screenplay writer. Each person had three minutes to present his or her book idea. They’d been encouraged […]
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I could spend the weekend with any one of these six books that just arrived and are being added randomly to our book bag shipments heading out the door or next in line for lucky orderers. The donations are all thanks to Miranda Weiss of Homer, who reached out to these great writers for help
A reminder to writers in Southeast Alaska: 49 Writers is headed your way, and we’d love to meet with you at one of our no-host Writers Gatherings. Come catch the excitement, tell us about your writing, and share ideas about how we can better serve your area. In Ketchikan: Monday, Nov. 15, 4:30-5:30 pm at The
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Credit where credit is due: We stole our Book Bag 2010 Fundraiser idea from Ayelet Waldman, the Berkeley author who also happens to be married to Pulitzer prize-winner Michael Chabon. Waldman used a grab bag idea — set number of randomly assembled books, seeded with signed or special editions, sold in a tote bag —
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This guest post, subtitled “Check out the New Writers Residency in Southeast AK: By Kayak, In Wilderness,” was a great surprise in our inbox this month, and just the kind of writers’ opportunity we might have missed otherwise. Thanks to Aleria for sending it and good luck to those writers and artists adventurous enough to
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New Flannery O’Connor Short Fiction Award Melinda Moustakis lives in Kalamazoo, MI, but she writes about Alaska, where she lived as a child and where she retains strong ties. Her collection Bear Down, Bear North, for which she won the Flannery O’Connor award, features stories set in Alaska. Moustakis gave us a chance to preview a few of the stories;
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I’ve been an “independent publishing professional” (i.e. author and freelance editor) since 2005, which is to say that checking the mail has become extraordinarily important. Payday comes when it comes, just like the work itself. And the business side of a creative mind must be minded, too. I mentioned last week that I’m not agented,
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For the last six months, our volunteers have kept this blog lively with roundup news, calendar updates, and great interviews; quietly done behind-the-scenes writing center work by registering class participants and helping with the devilish detals of bookkeeping and budgeting; made us look so much better thanks to stylish graphic design; cleaned and fixed and
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On Friday November 5th from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Steve Kahn, The Hard Way Home and Anne Coray, Violet Transparent, will be signing for Raven’s Place First Friday series at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art, new home of the 49 Writers First Friday book signings. See Steve Kahn’s interview with Mariah Oxford right here
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It was exciting enough news when he was shortlisted. But today we found out that David Vann, Legend of a Suicide author and good friend to 49 writers, won the Prix Medicis etranger, a prize given to a top non-French author, putting him in good company with past American winners Dave Eggers, Philip Roth, T.C.
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