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What can writers learn from musicians?

So lately I’ve been hearing from a lot of frustrated writers (though most recently from literary enfant terrible Steve Almond) about how the current publishing model needs to change, and we should all look to the music industry for a system that allows non-mainstream talent to find its niche and gain success. It seems like [...]

Abandoned Shack, Partly Cloudy

Oh, my poor, neglected blog.  Would you believe that they actually give us a fair amount of work here? This past week should go down in history…  Before it even began, I had dubbed it “Hell Week” thanks to a week-long workshop with Distinguished Visiting Writer Steve Almond, held every evening for two and a [...]

Kamiak Butte

Turned in my new story.  And actually, I’m heading out to turn the same story in again, this time as a writing sample to get into a class taught by Steve Almond.  I’m pretty excited about it (the class, not the story.  I have mixed feelings about the story.). So now maybe I have a [...]