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name: Midge Raymond
about: Midge Raymond is the author of the novel My Last Continent and a short-story collection, Forgetting English, which received the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. Her stories have appeared in TriQuarterly, American Literary Review, North American Review, Bellevue Literary Review, the Los Angeles Times magazine, Poets &amp; Writers, and many other publications. Midge is also the author of Everyday Writing: Tips and Prompts to Fit Your Regularly Scheduled Life and Everyday Book Marketing: Promotion Ideas to Fit Your Regularly Scheduled Life and teaches creative writing workshops around the country. She taught communication writing at Boston University for six years, and she has taught creative writing at Boston's Grub Street Writers, Seattle's Rich Midge Raymond is the author of the novel My Last Continent and a short-story collection, Forgetting English, which received the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. Her stories have appeared in TriQuarterly, American Literary Review, North American Review, Bellevue Literary Review, the Los Angeles Times magazine, Poets &amp; Writers, and many other publications. Midge is also the author of Everyday Writing: Tips and Prompts to Fit Your Regularly Scheduled Life and Everyday Book Marketing: Promotion Ideas to Fit Your Regularly Scheduled Life and teaches creative writing workshops around the country. She taught communication writing at Boston University for six years, and she has taught creative writing at Boston's Grub Street Writers, Seattle's Richard Hugo House, and San Diego Writers, Ink.Midge lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest. Visit her online at www.MidgeRaymond.com. "Midge Raymond’s debut novel is a sensitive exploration of how even the smallest action can ripple through an ecosystem — seemingly impenetrable, but as fragile as the human heart." — Minneapolis Star-Tribune“My Last Continent is a complicated love story and an education in the plight of penguins in Antarctica, showcasing the beauty and terror unique to one of the world’s most remote terrains…Raymond skillfully captures the stunning and singular landscape and its special inhabitants.” — Publishers Weekly“Atmospheric and adventurous…the story and vivid writing will keep readers glued to the pages.” — Library Journal"Raymond's prose often lights up the poetry-circuits of the brain." —  The Seattle Times"If you’re a writer looking for a friendly companion and supportive coach for your writing life, you’ll find her living in the pages of Everyday Writing." —Judy Reeves, author of A Writer's Book of Days"Whether we're aspiring writers or already published, in this age of overcommitment and social media, we all lose connection to our writer-selves. Midge Raymond's cool, clear, lovely voice in Everyday Writing is the way back. This invaluable collection of writing prompts and sage advice should be on every writer's shelf—and used!—alongside Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird and Stephen King's On Writing.” —Jenna Blum, author of New York Times &amp; international bestsellers Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers“Whether you are a seasoned writer, or just beginning your first novel, this is an important book to own. You will find yourself going back to it again and again for reference and assistance." —  Portland Book Review“Everyday Book Marketing is an indispensable resource…The practical advice contained within has more worth than many other alleged guidebooks." —  Chicago Center for Literature and Photography ...more