Two weeks ago, in my first post, I mentioned that in 1996 I attended a conference where I met John Crawford, of West End Press, which started a process that led him four years later to publish my first full-length collection, Nome Poems. I also mentioned that prior to that meeting, I’d self-published a chapbook […]
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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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It was a late February 1995 episode that taught me I better get out and self-promote. I’d recently moved back to Juneau and was freelancing. Though the title Alaska’s Fiddling Poet was yet to be coined, for months I’d been attempting to cobble a living combining writing, teaching, and fiddling. This new venture of mine
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There’s no getting around promotion: writers and books need it. With his penchant for both language and entertainment, 49 Writers featured author Ken Waldman is a master promoter. It all starts with recognizing and acting on opportunities. I was going to title this post In Defense of Self-Publishing, but recall how Ned Rozell covered that
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Wow. What a week. Dana Stabenow inks a deal with Evergreen Films toward a TV series featuring her Aleut PI, and Joan Kane earns a hugely prestigious Whiting Award. Front page of the Anchorage Daily News, two days running. Of course we covered the big news for Dana and Joan, too. Well done, Alaskan authors.
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First things first: our online discussion of Miranda Weiss’s TIDE, FEATHER, SNOW will open today at about 4 p.m. I’ll start a fresh thread, and all are invited to post comments there through the weekend, until Sunday evening. This is our third online book club, and the way it works as that the moderator (Andromeda,
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I read with some detachment the Publisher’s Weekly updates from Book Expo 2009 that flooded my email box last week. BEA Sunday morning alert! BEA Sunday afternoon alert! I know it’s a big event, but distance and the usual summer distractions kept me detached. Sure, it was great to learn that books sales were actually
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First, many thanks to Marybeth Holleman, our featured author for March, for her insightful posts. With the turning of the calendar arrives award-winning author David Vann, whom we’re featuring during April. By clicking on his photo in the sidebar, you can link to previous posts by and about David. We’ve also posted a photo of
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