Hunger licks away at the edges of the mind the way flame eats a page, moving inwards from the edges until words fade to brown. Outside of the cabin, the morning air was chilly, sun coming up on the soft green of August grass already tipped with frost. Even in summer in Alaska, winter pants […]
Alaska Shorts: Book Learning, by Rosalie Loewen Read More »
There’s still time to make a year-end financial gift to 49 Writers! The direct support we receive from the community ensures we can continue offering our programs and activities, and we hope you will enjoy the classes and events that we have planned for you in 2013. It’s easy to donate online – just click
49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »
Ed. Note: Bill Streever will be doing a talk on “Storytelling and Science: Writing about All Things Cold and All Things Hot” on Wednesday, January 23, 7:00 pm, at Great Harvest Bread Co., 570 East Benson Boulevard, Anchorage. A great deal has been written about writing, and a great deal more will be written, and it
Bill Streever: A Summary List on the Writing Craft, with a Two-Item Appendix Read More »
One of the finalists in the 2010 Instructional Innovation Award Competition held by the Decision Sciences Institute was a team of university professors pioneering Puzzle-Based Learning to teach critical thinking and problem solving. Huh. Imagine that. Educators think puzzles might help students learn to think and solve problems. Genius! The team claims, “Today’s marketplace needs
Puzzle-Based Learning Read More »
Warmest holiday greetings to you, 49 Writers friends! In what has become a seasonal tradition, we bring you one of our most popular posts, originally written by Andromeda back in 2009. We hope you’ll use the comments to send your own greetings to friends here at 49 Writers. May the season bring you peace, joy,
Anne did not wake me that Monday morning because I never saw her again, and the buzzer on the radio-alarm didn’t wake me either because I didn’t set the timer. That Monday morning the sun woke me when its rays streamed through the galley window. I turned up the stove. Then I cooked and ate
Alaska Shorts: CHAPTER 40, Third Birth, by Arne Bue Read More »
Best wishes of the season to all our blog followers! We hope your winter break with family and friends is both relaxing and restoring.As the year draws to a close, take a moment to put our January events on your calendar. On January 1, we open registration for our spring semester. Although spring might seem
49 Writers Weekly Round-up Read More »
The final tally was close, and we have our Best of the Blog 2012 winner: Kathleen Tarr, who received 234 votes or 43% of the total 540 votes cast. Vivian Faith Prescott was a close runner-up, with 212 votes. Thanks to all of you who helped us recognize the contributions of all of our 2012
Best of the Blog 2012 Winner: Kathleen Tarr Read More »
(Originally published June 25, 2009, republished December 20, 2012) I’m loving this! Another Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference post fresh from my email inbox, with some well-condensed writing and publishing advice that all of us should (must) heed. Thanks to Kathleen Tarr, who is the Program Coordinator for the Low-Residency MFA Program at UAA. The first
Say Yes to All That: Guest post by Kathleen Tarr Read More »
“How are you failing today?” “I fail very well, thank you. You?” “I fail just fine.” I read an article some time ago on the NY Times website titled, “What if the Secret to Success is Failure?” In it, the headmaster of a competitive and prestigious school shares his concern that education today is missing
Learning to Fail Well Read More »
