I’ll start, as I sometimes do, with a confession: I’ve not been especially interested in crowdfunding books. At the heart of my not-especially-well-founded objection was the thought that readers are already investing in my books by purchasing them, so how could I ask them to make an even greater investment up front, to help me […]
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Courting Lightning Carol captures yours truly note-taking furiously This plenary session on inspiration and creating a writing life was moderated by Erin Coughlin Hollowell and featured panelists Kwame Dawes, Lee Martin, Eva Saulitis, and Sherry Simpson. Lee Martin kicked off the conversation by asserting that he believes more in perspiration than inspiration. However, there’s always
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This is your final reminder that the deadline to submit a short memoir piece to the 49 Writers Anchorage Remembers centennial anthology is June 30—click here for more information and to submit. We know there are many fascinating stories out there to share and this is a chance to see yours in print! It’s always a pleasure to round
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Leigh Newman The Great Alaskan In the largest state in the Union, a state built on gold rushes and oil pipelines, 90-pound king salmon and 20-pound king crabs, a lot of things come prefaced by the phrase Great Alaskan. There’s the Great Alaskan Salmon Bake and the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show and the legendary 8.6
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Lynn Lovegreen, featured author I recently heard some great writing advice at the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. Here’s my two cents on what writers need to know: 1. Forget the “rules.” You hear a lot of rules when you start writing: Don’t use adverbs. Don’t use flashbacks. Always write every day. Always get an agent
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Having done research in half a dozen National Archives facilities around the country, I’ve been following closely the news about NARA’s Anchorage branch. I also appreciated Peter Porco’s June 9 posting on this blog in which he laments the closure of that facility and the transfer of its Alaska records to Seattle (informally known as
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As Linda put it so aptly in a recent post: conference season is upon us! And it’s amazing to witness the growing numbers of varied and wonderful opportunities now available for Alaskan writers—right here in the Northland. What makes the long trip to McCarthy-Kennicott worth it for a writer? Well, for one, the fifteenth annual
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Moderator and panelists for Home/Land: Peggy Shumaker, Scott Russell Sanders, Debby Dahl Edwardson, Eowyn Ivey, Richard Chiappone Yes, Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference is over. For four intense pre-solstice days, 150 writers soaked up the wisdom of faculty, made new writing friends and caught up with old, enjoyed a variety of readings from aspiring and established
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David Marusek In a borrowed cabin, in a northern wood, Walt Baffen welcomed winter. He had sacks and tins of food in the root cellar and a moose quarter in the cache. He had three cords of firewood. He had a bookshelf full of paperback classics and a propane lantern to read them by. He
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I have written drafts for four novels and a novella for my Gold Rush series. Two are published, and a third is in the editing process with my publisher (Prism Book Group) now. One thing I’ve learned is that every book or project is a little different. Like many things, generalizations about writing are just
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