Have you weighed in on the MFA question this week? We’d love to hear from writers who’ve earned MFAs, who are working on MFAs, or who are wondering if they should pursue MFAs. Another popular post this week was part two of featured author Ken Waldman’s “In Defense of Self-Promotion.” Ken’s post along with Mark […]
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How far can writers ride the coattails of our illustrious former governor? Perhaps quite a ways, which is some small justice in the face of Palin’s gigantic advance. First, Going Rouge: An American Nightmare, launching the same day as Palin’s Going Rogue. Edited by two Nation staffers, Going Rouge is a collection of 23 essays
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And here we are, three days from our online discussion of Cindy Dyson’s And She Was. It’s not too late to check out our interview with Dyson and pick up the novel for a great weekend read. Then stop by anytime Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 28 and 29) to leave a comment and see what
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Unless you’ve been living in a cave (and did you know a guy in Dawson City actually does??), you know the importance of a strong Web presence for writers. And you might recall that Alaskan author and 49 writers reader Arne Bue has been hard at work on polishing his spot on the Web. In
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This week’s demand from one of my publishers that I do final author proofs on a full-length manuscript in less than 48 hours BEFORE any proofreaders touched it made me more than a little cranky. Then I heard talk of another Alaskan potentially becoming an author. Normally that would lift my spirits, but instead it
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As part of what’s becoming a ongoing series of posts on publishing alternatives, here’s an interview with Arne Bue, a lifelong Alaskan who lives with his wife, Shirley, in Anchorage. He is the author of Baxter Bog Interlude, The Lid, and Banto Carbon and the Prehistoric Proboscis, all published as Adobe eBooks. How did you
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