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Category Archives: The Write Idea
Member Dispatch: DIY Publishing with Steve Almond
by Jim Ringel Okay. We’re all writers. Or at least people who aspire to being writers. Or maybe just people who aspire to having the IRS consider us writers so … Continue reading
Get Blissed at Lit Fest
by Chris Ransick About a year ago, the world of literature lost a great one, Adrienne Rich. This year, I marked the 30th year in my career as a teacher. … Continue reading
Pitching Magazine Articles: An Emotional Survival Guide
by Joel Warner I currently make my living as a nonfiction freelance writer. That means my existence consists of the emotional roller coaster that is pitching story ideas to editors. … Continue reading
Chain Link Fences, Microscopes, and Mark Doty–A Novelist’s Take
Editor’s Note: Jo Harkins, a superb fiction writer, details her fascination with fences, plankton, and Mark Doty, who’ll be here for the Writer’s Studio this Saturday. Thanks, Jo! I … Continue reading
A Sturdy Skeleton: Building Nonfiction with Jason Heller
by Andrea Dupree More than most people I know, Jason Heller’s immersed in a writing life. A nonfiction writer, a novelist, a short story writer–somehow he manages to remain productive … Continue reading
On Story Design and Red-Hottiness: A few Qs for David Wroblewski
by Andrea Dupree As many of you know, David Wroblewski, widely considered the Chekhov of the Northern Suburbs (okay, maybe more the Faulkner), thrust Denver into the public literary consciousness when … Continue reading
Member Dispatch: Steal Like An Artist in Austin
Ed note: Lighthouse member and Conundrum Press editor Sonya Unrein, recently went to an InDesign conference and sent us the following dispatch. Thanks, Sonya! I’ve been in Austin, Texas at an InDesign … Continue reading
Mark Doty, Elegies, and Sunflowers
Happy Friday! And welcome to your intermittent dose of Doty, Mark Doty. This poem, from Atlantis (1995), is gorgeous and wonderfully simple. Yet its simplicity belies a deeper suggestion, which … Continue reading
New Voice at Lighthouse: Micro-Interview with Drew Wilson
You may have noticed a new voice at Lighthouse–in our e-news, on our Facebook page, even in your own head! It’s the fine and fabulous Drew Wilson, who took over … Continue reading
