When the heat of summer starts to feel oppressive, pick up Peter Geye’s latest novel, Wintering, and experience the bracing cold of snowshoeing across a frozen lake. Geye’s much-lauded third novel has elicited comparisons to Cormac McCarthy, Jack London, and Jon Krakauer. This finely crafted story of fathers, sons, patience, risk, love, and adventure unfolds …
This is the sound of me not writing. There is no whisper of pen on paper, no click of computer keys, just me, alone in the house, trying to decide whether to go out and dig in the garden, or make oatmeal cookies, or read a book, or take a nap. Anything but write. Because …
Past attendee Edie Dietzen of Vancouver, WA had this to say about the 2012 [Chuckanut Writers] Conference: “So inspirational, so supportive. I will definitely be back!” The 2013 Conference promises to be even better! Our conference team has been hard at work on creating a diverse and exciting program suitable for writers of all experience …
