Ned Rozell Dear Edgar: I was poking around in a bin of opportunity (“Dumpsters” to your type, with a capital D for some reason) the other day and came across a newspaper that said you died in October 160 years ago. Bummer. I had seen your famous poem about us, in another bin (you wouldn’t […]
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It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to convey our thanks at last night’s volunteer appreciation event to the amazing 49 Writers volunteers who together donated more than 1,750 hours to the organization in the last 12 months. If you get the chance, do thank them personally for their contribution—their dedicated assistance means we
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Meet Ned Rozell, author of four books, most recently Finding Mars, a biography of Kenji Yoshikawa, and most famously Walking my Dog, Jane, a story about his hike along the trans-Alaska pipeline with his chocolate Lab. He has also written more than 700 newspaper columns about science, natural history and adventuring in Alaska. Fairbanks writers, take note: Ned’s course
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Whether you’re a Fairbanks author or visiting Fairbanks for the ASLA conference, we’d love to have you join us for another 49 Writers no-host face-to-face this Saturday, October 17 at 9 p.m. at the Westmark’s Red Lantern lounge. An RSVP would be great (debv@gci.net), but if you don’t get around to it, feel free to
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In my last post, I promised another on the pros and cons of my self-publishing experience. I published Alaska Tracks with an Amazon company called createspace. I liked both elements of that compound word, so I gave them a try. First, what I didn’t like so much: I never once spoke to a human being.
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“My book is self-published.” Loser is the first word that flashes into your head when you hear that, right? If his/her material were good enough, a conventional publisher would have taken the risk. For my latest book, Alaska Tracks, I didn’t want or try to find a publisher. Here’s why: After I sent queries to
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Hey. Ned here. Good to meet you. I’ve hit this blog many times since it was born, and I’m glad for the chance to plant some words into it. First, an intro: I earn all my money from writing. I’m a half-time science writer for the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and
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