Interviews and Reviews of Algonkian Writer Conferences (0)
4/30/13 •
Algonkian Writer Conferences In the context of teaching novel writers the most successful methods for becoming published, Algonkian Writer Conferences emphasize the art of dramatic structure and complication for purposes of strong story, the model-and-context method for the creation of competitive narrative, and the development of a middle to high-concept story premise the market will [...]
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Michael Neff Contributes to Author Salon, The Project Development Site (0)
12/21/12 •
Michael Neff, the director of WebdelSol.Com, Writers Helping Others, and Algonkian Writer Conferences joins the staff of Author Salon that includes former Random House senior editor Caitlin Alexander, Cary Tennis of Salon.Com, bestselling author Barbara Kyle, editor Carla Jablonski, Pulitzer-winning author Jane Smiley, and many more. His contributions to the site include articles and studies [...]
Agent Query Now or Head to Author Salon? Authors-In-Progress Decide. (0)
8/02/12 •
Nearly All Writers Send The Agent Query Too Early! What to do? So much conflicting advice you want to scream. Fiction writers aspiring to the novel should take a first and second look at Author Salon. Structured and manned by experienced New York editors and agents, writers who teach in MFA programs, as well as [...]
Video Review: Barbara Stout (0)
7/13/12 •
By: Becky Fine-Firesheets To begin with, this scene is kind of hilarious: a bleak, randomly shadowed, off-white background with a tiny chess set in the corner. Barbara Stout’s outfit is also kind of hilarious, but her recognition of the need to “tame” the scarf makes it wonderful. More importantly, however, is that she’s a fabulous poet [...]
No Pulitzer Prize Awarded for Fiction This Year (0)
4/23/12 •
By: Becky Fine-Firesheets For those who haven’t followed the Pulitzer Prize controversy, the fact that the board of 18 members did not choose a fiction winner out of the three, fabulous novels presented to them by jurors has ruffled some literary feathers (the final nominees were David Foster Wallace’s “The Pale King,” Denis Johnson’s “Train Dreams” [...]
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