49 Writers is seeking two “blitz team” volunteers, one to hang fliers in six Eagle River locations and one to hang fliers in five Spenard locations. Fliers arrive by mail to be posted two to three weeks in advance of our signature events. Willing to help? Email 49writers (at) gmail.com. On Sunday, August 16, the […]
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Spend a little time around published authors and you’re certain to hear this common lament: Regardless of how you publish, it’s tough to get your book noticed. Once the launch window passes—generally within three months (or less) of the book’s release, reader and publisher interest wanes. Authors are a tenacious bunch, committed to seeing a
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Two-hundred and sixty-five single-spaced pages in 11 point Helvetica font, one inch margins. 170,743 words. These are the statistics of my 2015 journal. The one that I write in each morning for precisely a half hour. I set a timer. Why am I telling you this? Most novels clock in somewhere between 75,000 and 125,000
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It’s been nearly two weeks since my daughter and I stepped out of the rafts and off the Copper River at Chitina. We were at the confluence where the Chitina meets the Copper. There, you can see each river’s individuality—the two shades of muddy flow are distinct at the point of connection. And then one
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This excerpt comes from Tetpon’s memoir-in-progress. Shaktoolik, 1943 I WAS BORN in Shaktoolik, Alaska, a small village of about 130 Inupiaq people located on the shores of Norton Sound, on a narrow spit of land between the Bering Sea and a river. The day of my birth, January 5, 1943, was said to have been
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The weather continues to be beautiful and it is hard to stay inside. Nevertheless, exciting events held inside are waiting for us too. Here are some offered to us this week. Alaska Book Week will soon be upon us scheduled for Oct. 3 -11. We would like to invite everyone to sign up by clicking the participation
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Last weekend, Mexican photojournalist Ruben Espinosa was killed in Mexico City, after fleeing threats to his life in the state of Veracruz. He is the fifteenth journalist killed in Veracruz during the reign of its current governor. From all accounts, Espinosa wasn’t about to spill the details on some massive expose, as one would expect
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One month. I’ve been Executive Director of 49 Writers for one month. During that time, I’ve been tasked with updating our database. Transferring the information from one donor management software that was no longer available into another. It doesn’t sound like a sexy job does it? It doesn’t sound like a lot of fun, spending
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This month I’ve had four traveling days—one of those included a 12-hour overnight layover at SeaTac. I’ve been on eight airplanes. This month I’ve had the good fortune to be a member of two different learning communities focused on writing. I got to hang out with some pretty cool folks. But I haven’t been writing
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Summer is passing by fast, which means that Alaska Book Week will soon be upon us! We would like to invite everyone to sign up for Alaska Book Week by clicking the participation form (via the ABW logo) on the right side of this website. Once you submit your form, the coordinator will be in
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