Evan Swensen

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Evan Swensen

1.2 Million Words Later

Fun Trivia for Curious Readers Who Love Books The Longest Novel Ever Written Was Meant to Be Read Like a Diary You probably didn’t wake …

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The Candle and the Mirror

Edith Wharton’s quote, “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it,” captures the essence of influence …

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After the Scam

Grounded and Personal Over the years, our press has published books by authors from every corner of life. Some came to us with stories nearly …

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The Bookworm That Ate My Homework (Literally)

Fun Trivia for Curious Readers Who Love Books Before the term bookworm was a badge of honor proudly worn by those who spend more time …

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The Red Pen We All Carry

“No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else’s draft.” — H.G. Wells Writers know the truth of those words …

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Don’t Launch to an Empty Room: How to Build Your Audience Before the Book Is Out

Here’s your story, fully formatted for Medium. It follows Medium’s conventions: clear subheadings, italics for book titles, a strong lede, and an ending that invites …

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Flip, Don’t Scroll: The Fun Science Behind Paper Power

Back when I was young — before “screen time” entered the vocabulary — reading meant sitting by a window in the big red wingback chair, …

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Writing Without Living Is Vanity

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” Henry David Thoreau wasn’t criticizing writers — he …

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Gravity of a Single Word

It happened in a place so quiet, even paper turning felt like a disruption. The room, a modest university lecture hall in Pennsylvania, smelled faintly …

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The Trouble With Words That Can’t Make Up Their Minds

Fun Trivia About the Words That Say One Thing — and the Opposite I live in a town where people argue over everything — except …

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I don’t know

Wislawa Szymborska’s line—“Poets, if they’re genuine, must always keep repeating, ‘I don’t know’”—echoes the humility at the heart of both poetry and wisdom. She wasn’t …

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Measured by Letters, Remembered by Readers

In the English alphabet, each letter holds a position: A is 1, B is 2, C is 3, and so on through Z at 26. …

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Alan’s First Fish

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Alone with Bears

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Betty’s First Fish

 

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Blake’s First Fish

 

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Carrie’s First Fish

 

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Catch Um Again for the First Time

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Charlie’s Afternoon Moose

 

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Charlie’s Bear

 

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Charlie’s Dall Sheep

 

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Charlie’s Deer

 

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Charlie’s Denali Moose

 

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Charlie’s Fifth Moose

 

Evan, who lives in Anchorage, has 9 children, 25 grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren. As a pilot, he has logged more than 4,000 hours of flight time in Alaska, in both wheel and float planes. He is a serious recreation hunter and fisherman, equally comfortable casting a flyrod or using bait, or lures. He has been published in many national magazines and is the author of four books.

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