A San Francisco Treat
In December, I snuck away for a long weekend in San Francisco to research settings for my next book in the Riley Mystery series. Having...
Now and Then
As I conduct research for my next mystery book, I’ve been delving into the events that shaped America in 1981. Exploring how life looked...
Reading, Writing and (some) Arithmetic
I was once asked how many hours a week I spend writing. I answered that in a good week, maybe 40—really. But this count depends on my...
The Next Riley Mystery
I’ve begun working on a plot outline for my second mystery featuring C.V. Riley, the hard-bitten, soft-hearted...
Wild Writing
I had the pleasure of being an artist-in-residence at Denali National Park this August. The temptation for an artist is to express the...
At Long Last, My First Novel is Under Contract!
I’ve published a number of non-fiction books and a few dozen essays, and these have been very rewarding projects. Because stories are...
An Ecologist and a Poet Consider the Nature of Values and the Value of Nature
The Ucross Experiment is an ongoing venture to see what happens when artists and scientists collaborate in the mutual making of...
Wyoming is the State that Keeps on Giving (at least when it comes to censorship)
When I was pitching my proposal for Behind the Carbon Curtain: The Energy Industry, Political Censorship and Free Speech, one of the...
A Textbook Project (really, it’s not as dull as you imagine!)
One of the challenges of being a writer is having too many interesting projects and not enough time. This is hardly the grounds for pity....
