Author Kaylene Johnson, a long-time Alaskan who lives in Eagle River, Alaska, will be featured at the 49 Writers First Friday book signing tonight at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 427 D. St. in Anchorage from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. She has written several books about Alaska including A Tender Distance: Adventures Raising My […]
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Happy holidays! In the sidebar to the right, we’ve left a couple of electronic gifts for you: a link to a podcast of Deb’s “Crash Course: Characters” (powerpoint slides included) and a link to a post by Dana Stabenow about online book promotion. Last-minute shopping? You might consider a writing center gift certificate, or membership for a
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Andromeda Romano-Lax and Deb Vanasse will be talking about the 49 Alaska Writing Center at the next Alaska Professional Communicators’ Luncheon, Thursday November 4 at 11:30, at Kinley’s Restaurant. Lunch is $19 for guests, $25 for members. The APC website has details. If you read us regularly, you may recognize our upcoming courses: Flash Fiction
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Let me share with you a Halloween haunting back when I lived in one of the little Yup’ik villages on the tundra of southwest Alaska. The sun slipped beneath the horizon, my sisters and the other little kids were back from trick-or-treating, and it was our turn, the teenagers, to race down the narrow dark
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At this stage in my writing career I’m far too much of a greenhorn to be giving advice of any substance or merit. Unless we happen to be talking about one essential component of any writing career, in which case — for that one particular slice of the writing pie — I am a certified
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While cleaning out the back bedroom last spring in preparation for the hoard of visitors we would be hosting, I came across a book I must have purchased when I was feeling like a complete dummy or idiot. The title included one of the latter, followed by the words “Guide to Getting Published. “ There
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Don Rearden’s Imagination Presents: An Alaskan Screenwriter Speaking With A Hollywood Executive Executive: You must be pretty excited about all of the film productions happening in Alaska. Alaskan Screenwriter: Is that a statement or a question?Executive: I don’t know. You’re the one imagining this awkward scene. What would you like it to be? Alaskan Screenwriter:
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Before I actually signed the publishing contract, before I found an agent, and before I finished my first novel I had come up with clever ways in which I would help sell my book. Okay, I’m lying. I’d never thought about that stuff — didn’t even consider it, in fact. Beyond a little concern about
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Before I actually signed the publishing contract, before I found an agent, and before I finished my first novel I had come up with clever ways in which I would help sell my book. Okay, I’m lying. I’d never thought about that stuff — didn’t even consider it, in fact. Beyond a little concern about
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A few weeks ago, while I stood in line at our local post office, I couldn’t help but weigh the significance of the moment. I’d waited in line at post offices all over Alaska, but never before did I hold a yellow slip with so much weight to it. This moment was different from those
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