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Interested in Northern State Hospital? Join me this Sunday (June 14) at 2:00 at Skagit City School for a slide show and presentation, "The Decades of Northern State." Learn why and how it opened and closed, common treatments of the day, changing attitudes about mental health through the decades, and more! Sponsored by the Skagit County Historical Museum. Meets at Skagit City School, 17508 Moore Road, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 on Fir Island.

Writing friends... it's not too late to join the literature of place workshop this Saturday at Whatcom Community College! Take your writing to the next level by learning how to create immersive worlds for your readers. Find registration information at my website.

Celebrate with me! The audiobook of A Desert Between Two Seas releases Sept 1! After auditioning several readers, we selected the deep, resonant and expressive voice of Adam Xavier--the perfect tone for this mythical book of Baja California. Pre-order the audio for just $16.69 on Amazon with Audible.

My first visit to the Calvin University Festival of Faith and Writing--what a warm and wonderful place. Gave a talk on desert literature, and joined a panel on landscape as character with fellow writers Christine Byl and Eli Cranor. And briefly staffed the booth for the new Whitworth MFA! Home now, but still marinating in all the booky goodness.

Writer friends! I'm teaching some workshops in Bellingham in May and June. Come up your fiction game!

A lovely time tonight at the Central Skagit Library in Sedro-Woolley--have you been there? Wood, windows, and lots of books. 🙂

Join me for an author talk this Saturday at 4:00 pm at the Central Skagit Library in Sedro-Woolley! Hear tales of the old Spanish missions of Baja California, research on mules, and readings from the novel A Desert Between Two Seas. It'll be a beautiful time that will feed your soul.

Just returned from the Tucson Festival of Books, where A Desert Between Two Seas was a top pick for the Southwest Books of the Year. Walked around in the luscious 90 degrees, ate some Tucson tamales, sat on an author panel with Nathan Harris, Evanthia Bromiley, and Anne Hillerman, visited Mission San Xavier Del Bac, and led a workshop on literature of place. Oh, lovely days.