Our thanks to librarian, children’s author, and 49 Writers member Ann Dixon, who gave permission for us to reprint this interview originally posted on February 6, 2011 on her blog Kid Lit North. Above, children’s author Debby Dahl Edwardson. A while ago I wrote about Blessing’s Bead, a wonderful novel by Barrow resident Debby Dahl Edwardson. Debbie has …
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Longer days, sunshine, and lots of great instructional opportunities coming up at 49 Writers. Know any creative teens looking for a fun class during spring break? Lee Post’s course, The Graphic Novel: Telling Stories with Pictures, is designed with them in mind. Of course, adults are welcome as well. The class runs afternoons during Spring …
Thanks to Craig Medred, our February featured author, for this final guest-post. Writing should be easy work. Most of the time, you do it from a comfortable chair inside a warm building. You don’t have to worry about hitting your thumb with a hammer or sleet freezing in your eyes. There is a little danger …
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Not a fancy phrase there, but elegance would only obscure the issue. Yes, I’m talking about how to simply stay seated, stay focused, stay off email, and keep writing. It’s a problem for writers at every level and in my experience, it doesn’t get any easier. I’ve often shared the fact that I was a …
Andromeda: Butt in the chair time — and a call for guest posts! Read More »
At the recent AWP Conference in Washington DC, I attended a session called “Writers on Mentors and Literary Friendships.” Part of my interest came from requests that our 49 Alaska Writing Center offer formal mentoring opportunities for writers statewide. The other part came from my admiration for session organizer Jayne Anne Phillips, who has been …
What are your early memories of writing? Like many of you (I suspect), I grew up in a house filled with books. My parents didn’t go in much for fancy furniture or artwork, but our living room walls were lined with bookshelves, the practical metal kind that stretched on tension rods from floor to ceiling. …
Registration is open for these 49 Writing Center March courses: Graphic Novel with Lee Post starts March 7th. Alaskan Screenwriting 101 with Don Rearden starts March 15th. A two-hour clinic, Publishing in the Literary Marketplace with Ronald Spatz, takes place March 26. Also: 49 Writers and the 49 Alaska Writing Center are asking writers, readers, …
So, Borders is pulling out of its South Anchorage location and shuttering about 200 stores nationwide over the next few weeks. It’s not unexpected, and for years, I felt torn between the big-box bookstores and our smaller indies, but not so torn that I failed to spend hundreds of dollars in the conveniently located store, …
Andromeda: Pull-outs, Pilot Bread, a party and a panel Read More »
One of those amazing coincidences: as of this morning, 49 of you have taken our 2011 planning survey. (No kidding!) Of course, that’s a very special number for us, but nonetheless, we’d love for even more of you to add your input. If you haven’t already (and we know that many loyal blog readers have) …
Andromeda: If you haven't yet, please take our survey! Read More »
Flying from off the road and off the grid to the state’s largest city, I developed a love-hate affair with groceries. In the village, I fantasized about strolling the aisles of an Anchorage Carrs store (Fred Meyer hadn’t entered the scene yet), plucking flat tins of smoked oysters and fancy boxed crackers for transport back …
