Evan Swensen
- Author, Book Publisher, and Developer of Author Masterminds
- Author Masterminds Charter Member
- Host of Alaska Outdoors Magazine Podcast
Articles
From Sickness to Clarity
“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.” George Orwell spoke these words with the raw honesty …
Why Most Books Fail Before They’re Finished
I’ve been around writers long enough to recognize the same quiet frustration settling across their faces when we talk about their books. The issue isn’t …
How Salt Seasoned Our Words
I keep a saltshaker on my table, like most people. It’s ordinary, nothing special. Yet hidden in those small grains is a story every reader …
Power in Doing and Writing Well
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Those words from Benjamin Franklin still carry weight, not because they sound clever, but because …
AI Shift Shaking Publishing — and What Smart Authors Do Next
The rules for being discovered are changing, and not in the authors’ favor. For years, writers leaned on the quiet, invisible hand of search engines …
The Brew They Tried to Ban
If you’ve ever cradled a warm mug in the morning and felt civilization start to make sense, you might be surprised to learn coffee once …
Why Giving Your All Matters More Than You Think
“Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well.” These words from Charles Dickens carry more …
The Subject Line Secret: Opening Doors to More Readers
A great email is useless if no one opens it. Hours can be poured into crafting every sentence, polishing every phrase until it gleams. But …
Hotels, and Holy Heists
Of all the things I expected to learn while browsing trivia, this one stopped me cold: The Bible is the most stolen book in the …
Originality Over Imitation
Herman Melville: Failing with Honor, Writing with Fire “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” —Herman Melville The power in …
Why Email Works (When You Use It Well)
Most authors don’t enjoy sales language. They don’t want to sound like a commercial or flood inboxes with links. What they want is for readers …
The ABCs Have a Secret
Here’s something you probably say all the time and never think twice about: alphabet. It rolls off the tongue like a childhood song, instantly calling …
Podcasts
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.