Wake’s Edge: The Story Behind It

Wake’s Edge: The Story Behind It

[The eighth in my stories-behind-writing-the-books, which I offer intermittently here on my blog.] Since the Take It to the Xtreme series got launched, 15-year-old best friends Jake and Peter have survived whitewater rapids, an avalanche, a forest fire, movie...

When technology helps with writing

Here’s a link to a story that quotes me:The Best Novel-Writing Software: Aspiring writer? Get some help from the latest technology! These programs have the write stuff.  http://www.connectedrogers.ca/news/the-best-novel-writing-software/
Wake’s Edge: The Story Behind It

In praise of Boy Scouts

Guys who excel academically read copiously as boys, true or false? Patently false, and it’s always about WHAT particular book turned them on, if they eventually transformed from non-readers to eager readers.Edward Osborne “E. O.” Wilsonis an American biologist and...
Audience switcheroo

Audience switcheroo

Ever prepared a presentation for an audience of adults, and found yourself facing rows of resentful-looking pre-teens clicking at high-speed on their electronic devices like they really don’t want to be there?The irony is, I do presentations for kids a lot, but this...
Wake’s Edge: The Story Behind It

A reader’s suggestion led to Dirt Bike Daredevils

The seventh in my stories-behind-writing-the-books, which I offer intermittently here on my blog.The cool thing about Dirt Bike Daredevils is that it happened entirely due to a reader’s suggestion. I was speaking at a school in Kelowna, British Columbia when, after my...
Meet my teen editor

Meet my teen editor

TOP PHOTO: Malcolm and me at Tomales, California this past weekend, with the advance copy of Andreo’s Race in our hands. BOTTOM PHOTO: Three years ago in Ecuador, where I met Malcolm and family while researching my novel First Descent. I’m second from left....