There are some exiting new opportunities in this week’s Round Up! Check out the Sitka Fellows Program is looking for writers under 30 for their seven week residency this summer. What a fantastic opportunity for young writers! Great Harvest Bread Co. and 49 Writers are looking for beautiful words/beautiful images for Savor the Rising Words […]
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A scam: don’t fall for it! Let’s keep this simple. Everyone likes to get things for free. (Whether they value them is another matter; mostly, they don’t.) Say you want free books. There are good ways to get them. Libraries, for certain. If they don’t have the book you’re looking for, ask them to order
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Something about this winter, with its warmer than average temperatures and its lack of snow, has me thinking about gardening earlier than usual. Maybe it’s because the raised garden beds in my back yard are not hidden from sight, which typically allows me to stop thinking about them for several months at a time.
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The Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference[1] at Bemidji State University is back for its third year after a four-year hiatus. On the BSU campus on the shores of Lake Bemidji—a small university on a big lake in a small town in northern Minnesota—the perfect place to write and be in the company of others committed to
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When I first started writing a novel, I was living year round in Petersburg, AK. I was a scientist who had read a lot of books and had always, secretly wanted to write one. I did not think of myself as a writer, but had a lot of time on my hands in the winter
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Rachel Weaver is coming to Alaska for readings and workshops. She used to work for the Forest Service in Alaska studying bears, raptors, and songbirds. Now she’s the author of Point of Direction, a highly-praised novel set on Eldred Rock in Juneau. She’ll be in Anchorage and Palmer this coming week, followed by a few days
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Artwork by Sandra Kleven One may feel an inclination to adore famous poets. To be impressed beyond ease of expression. To see the greatest of poets as nearly holy, and the greatest poems as personal touchstones. “You do not have to be good…” Mary Oliver “This is the way the world ends…” T. S.
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I sometimes have a hard time sitting down to write, but I’ve found a few tricks to help get me going. My first trick is taking notes. When I sit down to write I worry about sounding good for an audience. You know, the audience. The people who will read my words and judge whether
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Mary Roach Best-selling author Mary Roach launched her career by writing about wart surgery on elephants in the San Francisco Zoo. That, and her meticulous description of orgasms and pooping in space were the sorts of experiences that attracted the attentions of Skagway writer/publisher Jeff Brady and his pal, Buckwheat Donahue. Nearly three years ago,
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As the morning light comes earlier each day, we all begin to think of summer. We order seeds. We plan fishing trips. We register for the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference and begin to dream of June when we’ll get to hang out with the most amazing writers assembled in one of the most beautiful places.
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