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Local readings, copyright information, where to submit our work for publication--over and over, we found ourselves wandering around, looking things up. This site provides
links to those resources and others. Also here are interviews with people in the publishing business, articles, and a featured writer column highlighting the work of a writer working in the region. We'll be adding more features and resources as this community site develops, such as forums, contest listings, etc.
We'd like to hear your ideas for resources
to add as well as any suggestion about what you would like to see here.
Featured Writer
At any given moment, writers are crafting, conjuring, and otherwise homing in on the stories going on in and around Michigan and the Great Lakes. Find some of them here.
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Ann R. Miller
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 Ann R. Miller, Michigan writer and columnist. Fishing at night is much different than fishing during daylight. Sounds seem magnified in the dark, with howls, crashes, and screeches from the woods or surprise splashes from the river causing near cardiac arrest. Wading is uncertain, with each precarious step an adventure, especially when a fallen log or deep pool is suddenly encountered (and they always are). The focus of the evening is on fish, of course, but the streambed at this time is becoming quite active with invertebrates intent on finding a new home. As darkness falls, many invertebrates that have been content living on the undersides of rocks, sticks, and other substrates, will attempt to move to a new location. This may happen by crawling off the substrate or letting go and drifting with the current. The phenomenon of drift is fascinating and understanding it can improve angling skills.
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M.M. Donaldson
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Yes, you CAN have it all. And a great sex life too! Sounds like an article in a woman’s magazine. Seriously though, how does one tend to all of the things that must get accomplished? The common complaint of writers is not having time to write; too many other things demand time and attention. You know there is a writer inside you, but you do not have a lot of time between your job, shopping for/chauffeuring/spending time with the family, volunteer work. A little socializing, that sex life... golf.
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Dave Storer
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One reason we don't write as much as we would like to is the fear of being shouted down. We're afraid that the minute we speak our mind, someone will immediately yell, "No! You're wrong. Shut up!”
Why are we so afraid of this?
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