Reflections on the Tutka Bay Writers Retreat by Kitty Berner
Nature can fool us. Or more likely, we fool ourselves. We can think that because the vista is stunning, the bay serene, because an eagle ...
Stay on That Horse by Tricia Brown
I once went on a gal-pal horseback-riding weekend inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve. If you know me, you know how exceptional that is. ...
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Why Some Good Books Should Remain Unpublished by Charles Wohlforth
George Fischer wrote 19 autobiographies without ever planning to publish them. And he could have. Not only was he a talented writer and an accomplished ...
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do by Andromeda Romano-Lax
I’ve been known to give advice to writers—maybe too much of it! But it occurs to me that my best advice falls under the category ...
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Spotlight on New Books: What the River Knows by Michael Engelhard
“The second I step up onto the tundra bench I realize my mistake. I forgot to shout, ‘Hey bear!’ like I normally do when beaching ...
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Summertide Blew Us Away
Summertide blew us away! No, seriously. Gusts of wind and pelting rain whooshed against the southside Anchorage home where folks hung out in a cozy ...
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Spotlight on New Books: Waiting For The Weather by Eric Forrer
“. . . In the years to come I saw the river frozen featureless white, saw it running water over the ice in a January ...
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Carrots and Stickks by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Victor Hugo used to start his writing day by taking off his clothes and handing them to his valet, who wasn’t supposed to give them ...
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A 49 WRITERS INTERVIEW WITH KIM HEACOX
Author Kim Heacox’s 2023 novel, On Heaven’s Hill (OHH), has been described by novelist Kimi Eisele as “…the kind of story the planet needs right ...
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