Exchange Authors: Front row, L to R: Kitty Morse, Kenna Jones. Middle row, L to R: Susan McBeth, Debbie Moderow, Marivi Solivan, Marybeth Holleman, Deb Vanasse. Back row, L to R: Kaylene Johnson, Kathi Diamant. Camel is a longstanding fixture at the Moroccan-style home of Kitty Morse. Does there exist anywhere an author who suffers […]
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from http://2-infinity-and-beyondxx.tumblr.com/ A short story by a relatively unknown author gets top billing with a major urban news outlet. Sounds like fantasy, right? Last week, KGW Portland, opened 6 pm news with an author reading from his recently published speculative fiction, an unconventional short story set in the moments following a big Cascadia earthquake. Disasters—even fictional ones—tend to
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Lastweek in this spot, Andromeda started an important discussion on the plateaus we encounter as we learn. Writers are forever learning, which means we’ll forever be hitting plateaus. Eventually, we get past them. We get better—not as quickly as we like, but we do improve. Here’s how: Ganas: A term popularized among English speakers by
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“It strikes me that in America we don’t much have a ‘sacred’ place or role for the isolate artist any longer. Everything has been sucked up into marketing and celebrity and the almighty commodity—so if you are a writer, you are meant to sell something. If it sells, it has worth. But in my heart
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Ah, the New Year. At its launch, we make our best stab at ditching old habits and acquiring new, better habits that—with any luck—will propel us toward our goals. For writers, that means taking our writing to the next level—the “breakout” story, essay, or book. Ah, but the fail rate. By the calendar, we’re still
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from indiepublications.com Earlier this month, I had the privilege of speaking with a group of emerging and published writers at an event hosted by Adventures by the Book in San Diego. Among the many smart questions posed by the authors in attendance was one about how authors can make sure they’re working with a top-notch editor. Here,
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Source: carpediem As a freelance editor and writing teacher, I’ve enjoyed working with all sorts of writers on all sorts of projects. Over the years, I’ve discovered there are four basic types of writers—and I’ve realized that at various times during my nearly twenty years of writing and publishing, I’ve fit into each of these
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Denali sunrise from my office window We humans are strange creatures. We crave routine, and yet in many ways, we’re inspired by change. As writers, we can tease out our best work by playing to both aspects of our creative selves. At the end of my Jumpstart Your Writing workshop, I ask students to write
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Image from moviewriternyu.wordpress.com You love to write. Why, then, can it be so hard to get started—or to finish a project that you began with enthusiasm? An abundance of metaphors prove that this affliction is nearly universal among writers. Your muse needs to visit. Your creative well needs filling. Your batteries need recharging. Whenever
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Summer in Alaska is a full-steam ahead, get-it-all-done, hangout/work-outside kind of time. If you’re anything like me, you end up sliding in September exhausted and maybe a little disoriented. Did you write anything this summer? Did you manage to make the time to devote to your novel or poetry or creative nonfiction essays? Maybe not.
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