I finished my novel in mid march of 2019. On a whim, I sent out a few query letters to literary agents. Not many, just five, who I had chosen based on the clients that they represented, clients whose books seemed similar to mine. I didn’t know much about publishing, and my novel certainly wasn’t […]
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Watch a recording of this event: READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: LINDA SCHANDELMEIER Recorded: Thursday, February 16 2023 | 6-7 PM Via Zoom Linda Schandelmeier is a poet from Fairbanks, Alaska. She was raised on a 160-acre homestead outside of Anchorage, Alaska, where she spent much of her childhood exploring the outdoors. She moved to Fairbanks
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I have been pleased by all the information that is available now on the emotional lives of mammals, birds, fish and insects. Of special interest are the books that discuss what is known about the subject. The authors not only cover the research they have done but they do a good job of reviewing the
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I’m picky about war novels and movies (don’t even get me started about sentimental or manipulative Holocaust stories). But when I watched All Quiet on the Western Front last week, I was emotionally moved and intellectually gratified. After the final credits rolled, I wasn’t ready to let the movie go—which is exactly what director Edward
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Maybe you’re a full-time writer who, like Stephen King himself, sits down at nine a.m. every morning and begins typing away until the end of the workday at five p.m. Diligent. And if the above sounds like you, then this article may not be your cup of tea. I am not this kind of writer,
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Watch a recording of this event: READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: RICH CHIAPPONE Recorded: Thursday, January 19 2023 | 6-7 PM Via Zoom Bio: Rich Chiappone is the winner of the 2021 Alaska State Foundation for the Arts and Culture Award and grant, a 2021 Alaska Press Club award, and an Edible Magazine award for
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The first time I read Suzanne Simard’s Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, she—or the editor I imagined leaning over her shoulder—made me uncomfortable. In the first 40 pages, where she tells us she belongs to a fourth generation of British Columbia hand loggers and describes her childhood thoughts, she is
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If you’re like me, you’ve had an inbox stuffed in recent days by newsletters about people’s resolutions or theme words for the year, and following that, by a storm tide of articles claiming that resolutions are nonsense. Trust me, this post will not be (only) about writing resolutions. But first, can I vent some mild,
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Watch a recording of this event: READING AND CONVERSATION SERIES: SARA GUINN Recorded: Thursday, December 15 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM via Zoom Hosted by: Amy Bushatz Bio: Sara Ayaniuq Guinn is Yup’ik from Bethel, Alaska. She is an English teacher at Bethel Regional High School, where she has worked since 2019. She has a
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Alaska has a new anthology to enjoy this winter: Wheels on Ice, edited by Jessica Cherry and the late Frank Soos. The story behind this publication is bittersweet, given that Soos, a former Alaska Writer Laureate, long-time teacher and 49 Writers board member, died in a solo cycling accident before the book could be completed.
