Beware Rabbit Holes: Managing Bad Distractions and Good Temptations by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Tell me, what is it you plan to do / With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver Today I want to talk ...
Behind the Scenes at the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference by Erin Hollowell
The Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference was established in 2002. That’s twenty-two years of writers gathering on the shores of Kachemak Bay to learn from each ...
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The Role of Embarrassment in Horror by Leslie J. Anderson
We often pair horror with mortal fear—the sense that one’s life and limb is in danger, but let me tell you a story of true ...
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Haunted By Futility or Saving the World: Writing Climate Crisis by Erica Watson
Over the winter, I spent some time driving to an undisclosed location in the desert with two anarchist medics I’d not met before. The person ...
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Residency? by Ken Waldman
Inspired by a friend who applied for, and received, a three-month internship at a honeybee sanctuary during the pandemic, in early 2021 I applied for ...
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As Soon as I Saw Kachemak Bay by Anette Coggins
As soon as I saw Kachemak Bay, I knew I wanted to stay. Nature had created a beautiful Claude Monet painting, and I couldn’t help ...
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The Top Reason for Novel Rejections by Andromeda Romano-Lax
In twenty years of submitting novels for publication, I’ve never received an email from an agent or editor saying, “I can’t take this manuscript, the ...
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So You Want to Write for Kids by Tina Tocco
Terabithia. Green Gables. Hogwarts. Walnut Grove. Our youth is often defined by the books we pored over in the school cafeteria or insisted on reading ...
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Writing the Next Chapter in Anchorage’s MFA Narrative by Emily Tallman
In June 2020, shortly after the University of Alaska Board of Regents voted to cut UAA’s master of fine arts program in creative writing, David ...
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