Writing To Submit
The deadline to submit something to the Lake Region Review is March 31, 2011. I vowed to write something, but I have a problem. I don’t write poetry, I’m not writing a memoir, and the only trip I’ve...
View ArticleArea Poet Reads from and Signs New Book
WHAT: Area Poet Reads from and Signs New Book WHEN: Monday, April 11 and Thursday, April 14, 2011 WHERE: UMM Briggs Library McGinnis Room, Common Cup Area poet, Athena Kildegaard, will be celebrating...
View ArticleIn the Brave New World of E-books and Self-publishing, Why Editors Should...
What do writers really want, anyway? If you ask Mark Coker, founder of e-book distributor Smashwords, he’ll give you a pretty good list: acceptance, validation, respect, the printing press,...
View ArticleGetting Your Poems to Readers: A Few Tips
There is no magic bullet for getting your poems published. That’s the cold hard truth. But there are things you can do to make it happen. Here’s a list: Consider your poems with an objective eye. Think...
View ArticleEighty-five and Writing
I always wanted to write. Eighty years ago I decided to be an author. I drove my family crazy as I walked around the house making up stories aloud. I became discouraged when my brother told me authors...
View ArticleOpen Book in Minneapolis
I am a lover of books, of words, of anything literary. I am proud to be a bibliophile, a lexicophile and a word nerd in general. My personal library includes a shelf for my collection of old...
View ArticleWriting a Manuscript for Radio Theatre
A writer at last fall’s LRWN conference said, “Finally, a place is actually soliciting submissions. How refreshing.” Since its beginnings, Lakes Area Theatre (LAT) has had a call out for script...
View ArticleProfile of Successful Prolific Writers
What do successful prolific writers look like? Do they spend countless hours at their desks, laboring over their work? Do they do nothing else with their lives but write? They would have to,...
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