2013

Natalia LaMont Akerlund The Alaska Native Playwrights Project is gathering January 3 – 12, with readings for the 2012 Cohort at the Athabascan Ceremonial  House (ANHC) 8800 Heritage Center Drive and Out North. On Thursday, Jan 10 at 5:30 pm at OutNorth, the featured readings include “The Hidden People” by 49 Writers member Natalia LaMont Akerlund. Here, we […]

I ease the raft into the shallow water, climb out and pull it onto the sandbar at the river’s edge.  This is the place.  I unload the float bags, slide the oars out of their locks and grab the spare.  Using a short length of rope, I arrange the three oars into a tripod by

Following up on yesterday’s post with a larger, more social resolution alternative, 49 Writers invites you to an Anchorage Resolve to Write event on Jan. 11 from 7 to 9 pm. Morgan is coordinating this event; RSVP to her at wilderhaven@gmail.com and she will send you directions. The Resolve to Write event will feature Alaska authors

In days ahead you’ll be hearing more about Resolve to Write events in Alaska, and in the past I’ve written at length about resolutions (see this 2009 post about changing my attitude about aspects of the writer’s life–which I would do well to review again, this year, since my attitudes still need a-changing!). But today,

Dear Writergirl,  I’m a big fan of female superheroes, Wonderwoman and Xena in particular.  And now there’s …  Writergirl!   Cool.  Do you have any special powers?  Can you fly with your writing cape?  Cast magic spells with your special book?  Can you read invisible ink?  Spell perfectly while writing backward?  Whatever your powers, I’m already