LIVE FROM STORYKNIFE SERIES: APRIL 2023 Recorded Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | 7-8pm via Zoom Kia Corthron’s plays have premiered throughout the U.S. and in London. Her debut novel won the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and was a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice. Awards for her work include a Windham Campbell […]
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I’ve got some go-to hikes. Mt. Marathon’s Jeep trail. Lost Lake. Routine routes, my basis, build a training base. There are surprises. Birds, conditions, thoughts. The same trail is different every hike. But getting the goods – exercise, fresh air, mindset reset – is the same. All I have to do is go. I’ve got
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READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: HEATHER ARUFFO Recorded: Thursday, April 20,2023 | 6-7pm via Zoom Heather Aruffo is a writer based in Fairbanks. She holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In 2021, she was awarded the Pen/Robert J Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. Her work has appeared twice in
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Step 1: READ YOUR BRAINS OUT Move to a town famous for its writing culture. Maybe there’s a fancy MFA program you wouldn’t even try to get into, or a local history of invested writers, and nearly every barista slinging lattes and croissants has published a volume of poetry. Immerse yourself in the regional literature,
How to Write a Novel in 25 Years or Less by Christine Byl Read More »
I take that phrase from a newsletter I read this week by learning expert Scott Young. Reviewing The Handbook of Creativity by Robert Sternberg, Young synthesizes this takeaway: Creativity is a by-product of acquired expertise and a willingness to take intellectual risks. Lately I’ve been struggling to decide what my next novel will be. Over
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Watch a recording of this event: 49 Writers Inspiration Series: Caroline Van Hemert Recorded: Thursday, March 30 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Inspiration is a 49 Writers series in which Writer Laureate Heather Lende will interview some of Alaska’s premier writers about their work, process, and the writing life. Caroline Van Hemert
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Watch a recording of this event: READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: ANNIE WENSTRUP Recorded: Thursday, March 16 2023 | 6 – 7 PM via Zoom Bio: Annie Wenstrup lives in Fairbanks, AK. A 2022 Stonecoast graduate, she is also a Smithsonian Arctic Studies Fellow, an Inaugural Indigenous Nations Poetry Fellow, and a Storyknife Fireweed Fellow. Her
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One area where I believe it would be unwise to rely solely on AI-generated text is in the field of creative writing, particularly in the writing of novels. Writing a novel is a complex and nuanced process that requires not only the ability to produce coherent text but also a deep understanding of human emotions,
I finished my novel in mid march of 2019. On a whim, I sent out a few query letters to literary agents. Not many, just five, who I had chosen based on the clients that they represented, clients whose books seemed similar to mine. I didn’t know much about publishing, and my novel certainly wasn’t
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Watch a recording of this event: READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: LINDA SCHANDELMEIER Recorded: Thursday, February 16 2023 | 6-7 PM Via Zoom Linda Schandelmeier is a poet from Fairbanks, Alaska. She was raised on a 160-acre homestead outside of Anchorage, Alaska, where she spent much of her childhood exploring the outdoors. She moved to Fairbanks
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