Character Actions: Unexpected but Logical

I’m a runner. I train and train and train, mostly on trails in the birch-covered hills of interior Alaska. The marathon is my favorite race. Long distance just seems to suit me. When I run in bear country I carry pepper spray. And yes, I’ve seen a bear or two when I’ve been out running. And, I’ve [...]

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Revision: the wild dogs of self-doubt

Some years back, okay it was twenty years ago, I did a solo bike trip through the southwest. Sixteen hundred miles in six weeks. You know the deal, you load your mountain bike up with a tent and sleeping bag, and since it was winter I had some warm clothes and a cook stove. Anyway, [...]

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Seasonal Writing Disorder

If you read my previous post, A brief bio, you’ve probably realized that I’m an addict. An exercise addict. When I resigned from my teaching job to write full-time I thought the long Alaskan winters would be perfect for writing. Well, without the morning bike rides to work and then being blinded by fluorescent ceiling [...]

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A brief Bio

  How I started writing YA I taught English in an alternative high school for fifteen years and thanks to my students, I started writing. When I’d read them a short story or a whole novel (yeah, I read whole novels out loud to my class), we’d stop at certain points and they’d write their [...]

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