Original questions are great, but the repeat questions, the ones that keep coming up, are great at showing me where there are gaps in successfully conveying information. I have been asked…
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A photo of us and the plane we took from Lukla to Phaplu. The runway is just behind the plane – yup gravel strip at 7800 feet. Pilots are in…
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Are you one of those readers that likes to know what a foreign word sounds like before you read it in a book? I am. I’ll stop reading in the…
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One of the things I really enjoyed in writing the book, was using words to describe sound. Music is, by definition, an aural experience. The challenge of conveying that in…
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On occasion I think of a description or passage that existed in one of my early drafts, and I don’t remember if it made the final cut. Then I sprint…
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Larger version of the photo here I have studied many of my photos over and over. This is one. It tells a million stories just in itself. For me…
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Some of my early drafts had stories that I later cut for various reasons. Most were cut because I felt they didn’t add to the story or to anyone’s character.…
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Not all the stories that I brought home made it into the book. Some were just not complete enough or interesting enough to put in. Some were interesting, like this one, but…
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Yesterday was the official book release party. It was an emotional, fun, energetic, soulful way to kick off a book. I am pretty sure it was unique as book releases…
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There are several stories in the book that were inconsequential when I first heard them in Nepal. Once I was home, I could reflect differently on the experiences and this helped fill…
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I was dropped off at SEA-TAC airport a couple hours early the day we flew out to Nepal. So I had a couple hours to kill after security and bag…
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We’re getting close! The books are in motion, in a truck, making their way here! I am guessing you’d like to hear one more story before they arrive, but I…
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(Actually as you read…) The book is uploading… being sent to the printer RIGHT NOW! Aak! If ever I deserved a freak out moment, this might be it. I have…
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I am truly beside myself. I keep telling people that completing this book feels like I am standing outdoors naked (in this weather). I am overwhelmed by the support and…
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Obviously it can’t be too slow, since I told you two days ago that we’re down to less than 10 days (eeks)! I spent a full day cussing at Word Press to…
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Once I had 30,000 words down, a title came to me. It jumped into my head, curled up in my lap and smiled at me like a big-pawed puppy. I…
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I can actually feel the last days of this 9-month-long project ticking down. It’s refreshing and necessary and kind of sad. I can see the finish line, I just need…
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I redid the website 2 days ago. I have been futzing with it. It might be ready – poke around and see. Let me know if it’s broken anywhere. In…
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When I sat down on Christmas eve last year to interview AC about his seven summit climbs, I felt really honored. I was actually in disbelief that I had pulled off an interview…
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When I was an art director, we created an animated product based on a feature film. Our product was to be released along with the movie. As such, we received “dailies” from the feature film production crew,…
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Besides the writing itself, I have about 6000 photos in my arsenal to add imagery to the book. The hardest part isn’t what to include, it’s what not to include.…
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I am just sure that most novel writers spend the majority of their waking and sleeping hours developing characters. I was spared that since my book is NOT a novel…
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For the record, I like hiding song lyrics and titles in my blog writing, so feel free to begin singing when you see a title, if it strikes you. I…
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I spent the first 2 months that I was asked this question, trying like hell to answer it. It’s hard to encapsulate, and that is part of the reason a…
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My book is in its final stages. The writing portion is complete, save a couple thorns at the end, but we’ll get to those later. 220 pages of text have…