It was years ago but I will never forget it. I was on a local radio station along with the owner of a gym in town. The host asked “Bill” a question and he could not get a single word […]
Read MoreI stood alone at a trailhead and read the sign, “You are entering grizzly habitat.” What was I supposed to do? Carry a gun? Bear spray? Put bells on my shoes? Perhaps I have been foolish all the times I […]
Read MoreKen was a new believer. His job was to program our radio stations. He was good. I was young. I paid attention to what he said because I wanted to learn. One day he said, “You know what Don? Common […]
Read MoreI made some terrible choices that day. In my mid 20s at the time, I was eager to climb the North Palisade in the Eastern Sierra. At 14,242 feet, it stands as a worthy sentinel above other jagged peaks. It […]
Read MoreIt rained all night. My tent was soaked. Earlier that day I tossed my backpack on the Durango-Silverton narrow-gauge railway car and climbed aboard. The train began its clickety-clack along the Animas River in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. After two-and-and […]
Read More“A good interview has rhythm to it, back and forth. Authors who are good at interviews answer the question I ask, not five questions at once.” My friend and colleague, Greg Bullen at WMPC Radio, is a pro at asking […]
Read MoreI was a naive 27-year-old who had no business being where I was. Leaving graduate school in Southern California for a battlefield in the Middle East made no sense to me but there I was. The southern part of Lebanon […]
Read MoreIt was 4:30 am. I was trying to find my way up the trail in the dark. Eight miles into the wilderness and many more from Durago, Colorado, the path in the San Juan Range of the Rockies was unclear. […]
Read MoreThis Facebook notice popped up as I signed in: “How to spot fake news.” When I was a kid, news was news, or so I thought. Now, it seems everyone has an opinion or a spin. The effect of all […]
Read MoreOne of the questions I am asked most frequently is, “Do interviews help sell books?” My answer is always the same, “Sometimes.” This is clearly not the answer most people want to hear. Publicity is not a hard science; it […]
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