I love living in the mountains. Four seasons keep life interesting, especially in winter. As I walked in the snow on the trail this morning I felt the wind tease at me gently and freeze my breath as I huffed uphill. The snow underfoot crunched and popped as I read the tracks of those who had been here earlier. Two dogs and two sets of shoes…margins not sharp, but still easily readable. Likely from yesterday then.
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I’ve been asked at times, “who are your favorite authors.” After all, a writer should above all, first and foremost be a reader of books. Even though it’s sometimes tough with my writing schedule and all the rest that goes on in life, I do get to read other writers. Among them my favorites are pretty predictable because they write like I do. C.J. Box, Nevada Barr, Craig Johnson, and Tony and Anne Hillerman lead the pack for me. In the past, I’ve spent a lot of time reading thrillers and Dean Koontz hooked me into reading everything he wrote, even the old Richard Bachmann books he published under that name, because he was too prolific for his publisher’s liking. I just finished his book Good Guy, which has been out for quite a while, and I really loved it. Many don’t know that he also wrote a rather Zany semi romantic humorous story (the title escapes me right now) and I also took to heart his short book on writing and how to be an author. You wouldn’t think just sitting for two days would be exhausting, but it can be. It can also be exhilarating fun. I recently spent two days at the Fall Festival on the Courthouse Square in Prescott selling and signing our books. I have to give a shout out to the organizers of the event from PWP: You did an amazing job!! I got to meet some of the most interesting folks who stopped in to look at what the Professional Writers of Prescott’s booth had to offer from the dozen plus authors who participated. I also got to know authors on a different level and discovered some interesting things that surprised me... I’ve been thinking a good bit lately about a newspaper article a friend from my park service days forwarded to a bunch of us. The essence of the article was that having parks that provide natural wild areas to spend time in is important to maintaining mental health and normal mental and emotional development. The changes in our society have brought us into intimacy with our devices and second hand video experiences more than providing unstructured reality to learn and benefit from. |
Greg
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