If you’ve been reading this blog, you know we’ve already invited you to support our write-a-thon, by registering, or by donating to someone who is participating (see sidebars at right). But even if you’re not write-a-thon-ing with us, you are invited to a very special and uproarious write-a-thon afterparty. If you attended last year, you […]
April 2012
David Marusek: Quick and Dirty Ebook Conversion
So you want to make an ebook. While a single (albeit longer than usual) posting can’t do justice to the method for turning your manuscript into a Kindle- or Nook-ready file, an outline of the process may be beneficial. So, here’s a list of the things you’ll need: your manuscript, a cover, a conversion app,
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Deb: On the Road with Our Characters
“A story always involves, in a dramatic way, the mystery of personality.” Flannery O’Connor A stranger comes to town. Someone goes on a journey. The old adage claims every story is either one or the other. But where are these characters going? Who’s directing the traffic? Does anyone have an itinerary? These questions are vital
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Alaska Spring: Lorelei Costa Interviews Tom Sexton
On April 21 and 22, the Alaska Chamber Singers will premiere Alaska Spring, a brand new choral work by Grammy-winning composer Libby Larsen. Scored for four-part choir and string quartet, Alaska Spring is Larsen’s setting of five poems by Tom Sexton, drawn from his 2009 collection, For the Sake of the Light (University of Alaska
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Andromeda: Will you help us reach our write-a-thon goals?
Only five more days to the April 13 Write-a-thon and we just passed the $3000 mark and are more than half-way to our fundraising goal. The last week is always the big one. Will you help? I had trouble posting on Thursday due to technical issues, and on top of that, it’s been one of
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Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up
Only one day left until our last class of the spring semester – there’s still time to sign up for Steve Almond’s workshop tomorrow afternoon, April 7, 2:00 to 4:30 pm, and find out why “Funny is the New Deep.” (Steve’s morning class is now sold out.) Not only that, thanks to a co-sponsorship from
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David Marusek: Much Ado About Ebooks
Welcome to David Marusek, our April featured author! David writes science fiction in Fairbanks. His second novel, Mind Over Ship, won the Endeavour Award in 2010, and he is currently working on his third, Camp Tribulation.I’ve spent a lot of time exploring ebooks lately. I’m not exactly an ebook proselytizer, but I thought I’d share
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Deb: Metaphor, with All Due Respect
You have to love wikiHow. Impressed by the abundance of metaphor in Karen Russell’s Swamplandia! and a handful of lines in a G.C. Waldrep’s “The Black Pickup Truck of Death is Driving Away,” I set out to discover what other writers had to say about figurative language, which is as intuitive as anything we do.
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Postscript from Emily Wall
A couple of weeks ago guest blogger Emily Wall of Juneau talked about the importance of being less afraid and to be willing to just ask. She shared a poem that William Stafford had written about meeting her when she had contacted him as a young student. She also told us that she had taken
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