We’ve all been in writing classes or conferences where some brash, garrulous novice insists on putting the cart before the horse. Let’s call him Bob. Bob has spit out one or several or a dozen unrevised manuscripts, and may be talking about a series, and maybe even a movie spin-off, before he has learned how […]
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Last week, several “Resolve to Write” events were held around the State. The event held at the Homer Public Library had a particularly lively turnout. Use of blogs was one of many topics discussed, and here are three different takes on the evening from blog posts by writers who were present. Here is Erin Hollowell’s,
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Eowyn’s Ivey The Snow Child and Andromeda Romano-Lax’s The Spanish Bow: Alaska books that have found their way into foreign markets. Why might I need an agent? Because the book market becomes more complicated every day, and various rights—from electronic to foreign—need to be handled with care. I’ll be teaching a three-hour clinic, called “Agents:
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We’re hearing rumors of sunshine in Anchorage this weekend, but even if it’s pouring down rain we’d love for you to stop by our WYAK Write Young Alaska booth at the Spenard Farmers Market on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 9 am to 2 pm at the corner of Spenard and 26th Ave. Our lovely teen
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With school letting out for the summer today in Anchorage and around the state, it might seem odd that we’re getting excited already about our fall term of writing instruction here at 49 Writers. But we love reviewing course proposals (for fall, due June 1) from some of the state’s finest writers and putting together a
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Books on writing are dangerous things. They hold a small but powerful trap hidden in their pages – the illusion that I am furthering my writing without having to come up with a single word. The bait is doubly seductive. There is the promise of becoming a better writer. And it’s wrapped in the writer’s
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When I first began work on my debut novel, The Snow Child, I knew I could work fast because the idea was so clear in my mind. But I wanted structure for my writing time, and as a former adrenalin-junky journalist, I needed deadlines. In the meantime, my mom, Julie LeMay, was recommitting to writing
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Having worked as a newspaper reporter, I don’t technically believe in writer’s block. When there was a regular paycheck, small as it was, and an editor scowling at my back, I could always, always write. It might not have been great literature, but it filled the column inches. Now I don’t have an editor on
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Welcome to our March featured author, Eowyn Ivey. It’s inevitable during Q&A sessions with published authors — “What time of day do you write?” “Do you use a computer, or write longhand?” “Where do you find your ideas?” I admit it. I’ve asked. The truth is we are desperate to uncover the secret. Please tell
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Publisher’s Weekly has broken the news, and our own Eowyn Ivey (blog contributor, 49 Alaska Writing Center volunteer, bookseller, and all-around wonderful person) has confirmed the deal: “Frontiersman reporter who now works at Fireside Books, an independent bookstore in Palmer, Alaska Eowyn Ivey’s THE SNOW CHILD, a saga set in 1920s Alaska, where one evening
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