Stacks of books to read & review & articles to write & essays & SO MUCH MORE

What I'm Reading:

It's all about Booklist right now--I have two more books to read and review by September 3rd: Tracks and Shadows: Field Biology as Art by Harry Greene and Under the Wire: Marie Colvin's Last Assignment by Paul Conroy.

What I'm Reviewing:

My September column is turned in and my October column is pretty much written. (I could fit another book in if I read one that fits in the next couple of weeks, but it's good to go right now.) I still have one book for Booklist to send in (I'll do that the next day or two) and my "Cool Read" for November (Imperial Dreams) and Eruption! for my December feature on NF titles. (Good volcano books never go out of style.) And Souvenir Nation for my November column.

All of these are read and good to go, and they are on the "To Do" list this week for sure.

What I'm Writing:

Four articles for Alaska Dispatch on accident reports and hunting season (from a pilot perspective) and the aviation alphabet and lots of other stuff. It's sort of never-ending over there (the news is like that), so I just try to stay in front of it as best I can.

BUT.....I also want to get an essay on my next book into an online venue that is soliciting right now. Nothing on this until if/when it ever runs. But it must be done in the next two weeks and I'm working very hard to not shove it aside for the sure things on the table.



Where You Can Find Me Right Now:

The Back Page of ALASKA magazine has a short piece by me about flying over the Yukon River and Brooks Range and Edward Hoagland and "dangerous beauty". It's not online alas, but if you see it in the grocery store you could read it in two minutes!

What I'm Working On Other Than Writing:

A powerpoint presentation about The Flying North and Jean Potter and how we came to reissue her book because I'm standing up in front of historians in one month to talk all about it. This would be the part where I knuckle down. SERIOUSLY.