At 49 Writers, No Moose, Andromeda Romano-Lax is sponsoring a contest for readers who post on Alaskan books that hold special meaning for them. Borrowing a phrase from blogger Patrick Brown, reported in Paper Cuts, which book got you hooked on Alaska and the North? For me, it was Mrs. Mike, which I recently learned […]
Anne Coray and Marybeth Holleman agreed to take turns answering questions about their environmentally-focused anthology, new from University of Alaska Press. They have lots of events set up, not only in Anchorage, but across the state. (See bottom for details.) As we all know, Alaska is big in the news right now. There couldn’t be
With no end in sight for the Sarah-frenzy, it’s fascinating how much of the dialogue swirls around issues of language and literacy. This campaign offers so many teachable moments on audience and rhetoric that it almost makes me wish I was back in the classroom. Depending on whom you ask, it’s okay to talk lipstick
Thanks to Rebecca, Julie D., Deb and others for sharing this. I’ll send you over to Deb Vanasse’s ALASKAN AUTHORS blog to check out this great opportunity, and while you’re there you can see what a good job she is doing helping us give Alaska books a bigger voice in the blogosphere.
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Alaska has spawned some fine science and nature writers. I hope we’ll be reading new essays by some of them in response to a joint call for manuscripts by Penguin Classics and the Union of Concerned Scientists. The online collection, Thoreau’s Legacy: American Stories about Global Warming, is slated for publication in 2009. From all
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I sat down with Anchorage nature writer Bill Sherwonit at a local coffee shop a few weeks ago. He was just back from a 10-day solo trip in the Brooks Range, during which his tarp and tent had been “investigated” by an unseen grizzly — just one detail on an sometimes quiet and contemplative, sometimes
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Despite all the criticisms hurled at the oxymoronic “publishing industry,” it does – with some notable exceptions – keep the Peter Principle at bay, at least in terms of authors and their published work. As anyone who’s tried will attest, it’s darned hard to get published. Which is why I make a distinction between the
Bringing Out the Best Read More »
And now, we need to talk about … when agents are wrong. It happens. And we all love those stories about the novel that almost went into the Dumpster, only to be retrieved at the last minute by some prescient spouse (like Stephen King’s wife, who supposedly saved CARRIE) or editor (like the one who
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Just to let you know, this week’s posts are taking the place of my normal Thursday Q & A, but worry not (for those of you less interested in all these agent details), we have not one but TWO Q & As coming up in a few days, showcasing the fine work of Alaska writer
Coming next week: Nature Writing Special Read More »
Not so long ago, your best bet for researching an agent was to buy one of the thick annually updated marketplace guides (see your bookstore for several popular choices). But today I’m going to focus on online info sources, because as one agent from BookEnds LLC says at her blog, “The Internet is the best
Agent Advice Part 3: Online Sources for Finding and Evaluating Read More »
