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Sunday, March 31, 2013

The Writer Edits: Why We Must Cut

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I recently decided to cut a narrator from my manuscript. That meant eliminating several chapters – in total, about 20,000 words. One o...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Seismic Shifts in Publishing

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No one doubts that the publishing industry is making a seismic shift; the questions remaining have mostly to do with speculation over ...
Saturday, March 16, 2013

The Writer Takes a Vacation

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It's the lipstick that has discolored the marble. I returned this week from a family vacation. For ten days – ten days! – I wrot...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack and the Last Great Race for Gold (Chapter 1, in draft)

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Wealth Woman is a narrative nonfiction book for adults on Kate Carmack and the Klondike Gold Rush from the perspective of those who were th...

Is it art? Creative, literary, and narrative non-fiction

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One day I plan to write a book for writers called Don’t Do As I Did. Included will be a chapter on applying for grants and residencies. ...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

Truth and Lies in Nonfiction

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James Frey was hardly a trendsetter when he shocked the literary world with the things he made up in his memoir. You can’t do much better ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Love and Marriage: the Marguerite Saftig Laimee complication

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Marguerite Saftig Laimee, third wife of George Carmack. Courtesy Yukon Archives. In Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack and the Last Great ...