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  • Native American Author Spotlight: Sherman Alexie

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    The Native American Renaissance opened doors for many Native American authors to flourish. Authors like these are now able to publish stories about their own experiences and continue to bring awareness to the issues that plague the modern Native American. In this post-renaissance period, we find Sherman Alexie. Sherman Alexie…

  • How to Survive Your Word Count: Expert Level

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    NaNoWriMo is difficult but not impossible. Here are 10 tips to help break your writer’s block.

  • Native American Author Spotlight: Zitkala-Sa

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    Zitkala-Sa was an artist, author, and Native American activist. Learn about the woman who helped write the first American Indian opera.

  • Why Do You Love Writing?

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    This is the second post in a four-part NaNoWriMo blog series. You made it to day 15 of NaNoWriMo, and we’re so proud of you. It’s hard. 1,667 words a day seems feasible, but then life happens. Kids need to make it to school on time, work projects have to…

  • Winter Short Story Contest [Closed]

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    SHORT STORY CONTEST Looking for some inspiration? Want to write, but stuck on an idea? Need a break from NaNoWriMo? We know you have a story, and we want to read it. In honor of Short Story Day and the first day of Winter both falling on December 21, we’re…

  • Native American Author Spotlight: N. Scott Momaday

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    The late 1960s to 1980s are regarded as the Native American Renaissance in literary history. During this time, many literary works by Native Americans in the United States were published. This lead to national awareness of Native American writers and the development of Native American Studies departments at many notable…

  • Stoker on Stoker: Celebrating History on Bram Stoker’s Birthday

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    Bram Stoker was born on November 8, 1847, in Dublin, Ireland, to a world that was dark and gothic and primed for vampires. Bram suffered from an unknown illness through his childhood, but it complemented the gothic reality of life. Ireland suffered from severe famine and illness, not just in…

  • Native American Author Spotlight: Leslie Marmon Silko

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    Leslie Marmon Silko’s publication of Ceremony established her as the “first female native American novelist.” Learn about Silko this Native American Heritage Month.