Lessons that Cross Genres from a Writer Who Leaped into Suspense Fiction by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Next week, my first suspense novel, The Deepest Lake, will be published. It’s my sixth novel and a big departure from my previous genres of ...
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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Here We Go Again: Getting On Top of Time, 2024 Groundhog Day Edition by Andromeda Romano-Lax
What’s your favorite Groundhog Day phrase—the thing you repeat ad nauseum as if expecting life to change when it won’t? Mine is: “Where did the ...
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On Freewriting by Rich Chiappone
Recently a writer friend mentioned how much she depends on freewriting to get her writing process out of the gate each day. This is a ...
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A Writer’s Happiness: Perspective Shifts In Search of Writerly Happiness by Andromeda Romano-Lax
With the New Year underway, you may be charging ahead with vigor or smelling the first smoky whiffs of resolution burnout. Either way, you may ...
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Going Big: Audacious Goals and Important Writing Lessons from the Ironman by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Many of us have goals that feel so big, they’re almost shame-inducing. Why should a goal cause us shame? Maybe because we don’t want to ...
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Spotlight on New Works: It’s a Crooked Road But Not Far To The House of Flowers by Wendy Erd
Return A lone tree white with blossom Mountains fall toward blue Ridges recede into evening sky Whose sable brush strokes this softly? I count ...
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From Writer to Author by Susan Pope
It’s a clear, calm October day in Chugach State Park. I’m climbing a trail that is new to me with my hiking group. It’s steep, ...
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