There’s some fun cooking down in Juneau. The 49 Writers chapter is planning a monthly event series, the Literary Happy Hour at Coho’s on the first Sundays. The series will kick off on March 1 with guest author Rachel Weaver, author of Point of Direction. Check out the details below. Also in March Jeremy Pataky […]
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My new book won’t sell. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. A few readers will buy it, ones like those who’ve kindly endorsed it.* But I’m not expecting it to attract a huge number of readers. I expect you’re wondering: Why would I bother writing a book when I don’t expect to sell many
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I heard my Granddad tell the story four separate times. One evening when he was sixteen years old my Granddad, Clarence Acree, (nicknamed Sonny at the time) was at his Uncle Bill’s house in Sayre, Oklahoma. It was late in the day, well after supper, and they were sitting in the main room playing fiddle
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Bryan Fierro On Saturday, Feb. 21, Bryan Fierro will be teaching a 49 Writers workshop on developing original dialogue. Here’s what you can expect: This class is designed to explore the story and character possibilities unlocked by timely and original dialogue. What does that mean? We know that dialogue functions to further story, conflict, and
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After this post first ran at 49 Writers in March of 2011, Eowyn’s novel debuted to worldwide attention. In 2013, her book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. When I first began work on my debut novel, The Snow Child, I knew I could work fast because the idea was so clear in my
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We received a card in the mail today. It said simply, “Thank you for the opportunities you provide for Alaskan artists/writers.” At 49 Writers, we care deeply about providing opportunities for writers to develop as artists in a vibrant community of artists and to grow the community of readers in Alaska. Those opportunities include programs
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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it,” wrote Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, and this week’s biggest literary story, based on the announcement by her publisher that the 88-year-old author long dismissed
Teresa Sundmark A while back, a photographer friend of mine in Colorado posted a few photos he’d taken of an elk he’d come across while hiking. Two of the photos were beautifully composed. Stock-photography ready, you could say, with the sunlight at just the right angle and the elk holding its majestic head high for
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On Thursday, Feb. 5, Andy Hall and David Stevenson meet for an onstage Crosscurrents discussion titled “Fact or Fiction: Common Challenges in Finding and Creating the Narrative.” Join us from 7:00 to 8:30 pm at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Auditorium, the 7th Avenue entrance. I had no idea that I’d write “Denali’s Howl” when
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Lily Lewis – Caines Head A poem popped from between the covers of a book, posted on a sign along a mountain trail or beside the shimmer of a lake, greets an unsuspecting reader in a new frame of mind. In that moment, when weather and traveler and language converge, magic is afoot. Poems in
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