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3rd Annual NW Book Festival

Saturday, July 28, 2012
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, OR
(corner of SW Morrison and SW Sixth Avenue)

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The 2012 Northwest Author Fair

Saturday, August 25, 2012
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
In the plaza next to Bob’s Beach Books
1747 NW Hwy 101, Lincoln City, OR

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Bad Advice, Part I – “Show, Don’t Tell”

“Finally, the passage [quoted from “Dulse,” by Alice Munro] contradicts a form of bad advice often given young writers — namely, that the job of the author is to show, not tell.”
“This whole language of euphemism has sprung up around the inability to be honest. You can’t just say ‘This bored the hell out of

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