Nov 18, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Reviews
A new commemorative limited hardcover edition of the bestselling novel The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes has just been published. The new edition has a spectacular cover by Pacific Northwest author and artist Hal Schrieve, which was selected for the National Book Award Long...
Oct 17, 2018 | News and Media, On Technology, Past Notes
Founder of local multi-platform publication group successfully sells off publication unit to local entrepreneur >> Coverage included: The Olympian: Founder Sells to Local Marketing Leader Sound Sound Business: Oly Arts Bought by Local Publisher OLY ARTS, the...
Oct 11, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
[American Journal] Robert Hayden, 1913 – 1980 here among them the americans this baffling multi people extremes and variegations their noise restlessness their almost...
Sep 12, 2018 | News and Media, Past Notes
In summer 2018, I was contacted by a reporter from the Washington Post, who wanted to write an article about my hometown. I’m the founder and publisher of the leading regional arts and culture publication OLY ARTS, so I was happy to lend my expertise to her...
Sep 2, 2018 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Poetry
(used as the epigraph in my novel The Eagle Tree) The Trees Philip Larkin The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief. Is it that they are born again And we grow old? No, they...
Aug 6, 2018 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety....
