Mattox Roesch

49 Writers Weekly Roundup

Please join me in thanking Cinthia Ritchie for taking over the weekly roundup duties while Ela Harrison Gordon is on hiatus – we greatly appreciate her offer to help out. It seems appropriate, therefore, to start off by congratulating Cinthia on her 2012 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award! Cinthia is one of four artists who […]

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Today:  Resolve to Write events, when we gather to share our writing resolve for the new year.   We’ll kick off the fun with our first-ever Resolve to Write for young writers: join WYAK hosts F Magazine publisher Teeka Ballas and ASD senior Lauren Heyano for an informal discussion on how to get started (and stay motivated), how to fine-tune your work, and how to get your writing into print.  Young writers of all ages are welcome: today, Friday, January 20, 4-5 pm, Teen Underground, Loussac Library. The Anchorage event for members and volunteers will be tonight, January 20, at 7 pm.  If you haven’t received your email invitation, contact us at 49writers@gmail.com.  Not a member or volunteer yet?  Visit www.49writingcenter.org to sign up today!  Unfortunately, the Eagle River event has been canceled due to lack of response. In Homer, the Resolve to Write event (open to all writers) is on January 24 at 6 pm at the Homer Library; we hear there will be plenty of snacks for those who come straight from work. Registration is brisk for our spring term, which begins February 2.  From our “Publish and Promote” series to plot, poetry, submissions, and more, we’ve got something for everyone. Make 2012 the year you get serious about writing!  Sign up today.  Our spring line-up includes our first course taught in Palmer, Writing Your Place (begins February 2) and a Fiction Apprenticeship with novelist Mattox Roesch. Open to three participants, the Fiction Apprenticeship is an individualized option for writers who need to dive into greater depth and detail on their work. Interested applicants should send 20 page of a fiction project and a brief statement of goals for their work to apprenticeship@49writingcenter.org by January 31.  One change to the spring course schedule: Copyright Basics with John McKay will be on February 18 rather than March 24. For a comprehensive calendar of literary events throughout Alaska, visit http://www.alaskalitevents.com/. Tonight, Friday January 20, 7pm, Ray Troll and Dr Kirk Johnson will be presenting and

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I’m Not A Dog Musher: A Guest Post by Mattox Roesch

So who is Mattox Roesch. the visiting writer who’ll be teaching our Fiction Workshop beginning Feb. 17?  For starters, his first novel, Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same (Unbridled ’09), was named one of the best books of 2009 by Booklist and New West. His short fiction has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including The Sun,

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Ela: 49 Writers Weekly Round-up

49 Writers is spreading its wings beyond the Anchorage area! Last Tuesday’s ‘Resolve To Write’ event in Homer, co-ordinated by Miranda Weiss, had a great attendance of around 15. Writers of all stripes connected over burger and brew at Alice’s Champagne Palace, received an insider preview and some background stories about Nancy Lord’s new book,

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49 Writers weekly round-up

There’s still time to pick up a copy of Cindy Dyson’s And She Was so you can participate in our online book club discussion September 28 and 29. We’ll be running an interview with Dyson next week. And speaking of interviews, we’ve got plenty of good ones coming up: Bill Streever, author of Cold; Mattox

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