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By now, most of you have heard about the sad demise of Borders bookstores. If you’re one of the many readers who regularly bought your copy of The Writer at a Borders, we don't want to lose you. Our circulation department has put together a...
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As a Wisconsin-based magazine, The Writer is always pleased to see local people do well. In this case, we’re placed in the odd situation of praising a homegrown product for creating some truly hideous writing. As reported in our hometown paper,...
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Budget cuts are hitting cities north and south of the U.S.-Canada border, and often “less essential” services such as libraries feel the pain. In Toronto , the mayor is backing a city-hired consultant’s plan to “rationalize the...
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Do I have weird book habits? I’ve always been interested in the different approaches people take to the everyday things we do or eat. I often wonder if I’m the only one doing or eating something in a particular way. (We’ll have to save...
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Founded in 1973 by Barnaby and Mary Conrad, then owned and directed by Marcia Meier from 2004 to 2009, the Santa Barbara Writers Conference enjoys a reputation as one of the best in the West. After a two-year hiatus, it was back in full swing this summer...
Filed under: Marla Miller, Ernie Witham, Barney Brantingham, Susan MIles Gulbransen, Gayle Carline, Aaron Mason, Michael Larsen, Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Samantha Hoffman, Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jane Heller, Russell Bishop
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This week The Writer staff is finishing its selection of the 25 finalists in our current short-story competition. We’ll be sending them along shortly to our “finals” judge, novelist Michelle Wildgen, who is also executive editor at the...
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Today we’re debuting a new monthly column on WriterMag.com. The Fiction Workshop will delve into issues of craft, and we’re happy to announce that David Galef ( at left ), the director of the creative-writing program at Montclair State University...
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We’re excited to introduce a new subscriber benefit on WriterMag.com: our weekly writing prompt . Beginning today—and each Friday—you’ll find a new writing exercise from Heather Wright ( at left ), a freelance writer, teacher and...
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