bobwelch23
Mar 5, 20143 min read
Entertaining angels
I’ve been marketing books of mine now for more than 20 years but only recently realized a big mistake I was making: Thinking it was only...
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bobwelch23
Feb 12, 20143 min read
Living a Yahtzee life
They say if you want to make money in the writing business you find a niche and go to that place again and again. In other words, if the...
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bobwelch23
Feb 12, 20143 min read
Mother of Rain outstanding
Mother of Rain, about hardscrabble life in the hills of Tennessee in the 1930s and ’40s, is the most intriguing read I’ve experienced in...
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bobwelch23
Jan 30, 20133 min read
Why I don’t believe in writer’s block
It’s one of the most oft-asked questions I get as a writer and teacher: “What can I do about writer’s block?” “Write,” I say. (I was...
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bobwelch23
Jan 16, 20132 min read
Neil Young’s new book
Remember that close-to-the-end scene in White Christmas when General Waverly is being feted at his heretofore empty ski lodge by guys...
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bobwelch23
Oct 21, 20122 min read
► My so-called book tour
To begin an interview with me on Eugene’s KLCC recently, host Eric Alan referred to the “book tour” I was, uh, launching. I mentally...
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bobwelch23
Sep 1, 20122 min read
Earning my Wonderful Life wings
Pacific Continental Bank in my home town of Eugene has an interesting requirement for all new employees going through their orientation:...
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bobwelch23
Aug 30, 20121 min read
New Book! Cascade Summer
Bob has a new book that just came out Cascade Summer. Get an overview of the book Read a sample chapter Buy Now
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bobwelch23
Aug 1, 20121 min read
Latest Book: Resolve
Resolve: From the Jungles of WWII Bataan, the Epic Story of a Soldiers, a Flag, and a Promise Kept Sample Chapter ORDER NOW at Amazon.com
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bobwelch23
Jun 1, 20122 min read
Back to the woods and rivers
On August 20, 1905, Oregon wilderness wanderer John Waldo wrote a journal entry from the east slope of Mount Jefferson. In it, he quoted...
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bobwelch23
Mar 29, 20123 min read
The best 25 columns of all time
Mary White, subject of my favorite column. A WHILE BACK, Ed Russo, a Register-Guard colleague, suggested we read a book called Deadline...
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bobwelch23
Mar 20, 20122 min read
New book came easier than ‘Nightingale’
Ah, but some books come more easily. Last spring, in my post-Beachside Writers recovery week in Yachats, I read Laura Hillenbrand’s...
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bobwelch23
Jul 6, 20112 min read
My Top 10 favorite books on writing
As the summer deepens and I start planning our Fall Beachside on the McKenzie Writers Workshop, I’m thumbing through my favorite books on...
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bobwelch23
Jan 31, 20113 min read
Why we write
AS I PREPARE for the Feb. 25-27 Beachside Writers Workshop in Yachats, the question comes up as it certainly will that weekend. Why...
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bobwelch23
Jul 10, 20104 min read
A pirate’s life for me: burying skeletons from the past
“Remember to wrap the plastic around the candy before you bury the treasure,” my first mate suggested as, shovel in hand, I prepared to...
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bobwelch23
Jun 20, 20107 min read
Our summer field of dreams
Last month, after an Oregon baseball game, fans were allowed on the field to watch the movie “Sandlot” on the big screen. It bought to...
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bobwelch23
Jun 5, 20103 min read
Tribute, tears for a father from a father
Tonight, on salon.com I came across the only other story about family members building a coffin for their father that I’ve ever read. I...
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bobwelch23
May 15, 20103 min read
Accidentally finding Walden Pond
As with most trips, wife Sally and I experienced some low moments: having to pay $32 a day to park our rental car at our downtown hotel;...
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bobwelch23
Apr 18, 20103 min read
On National Columnists Day, a tip of the hat to Ernie Pyle
Today, April 18, is National Columnists Day. Like I needed to remind you! I can just imagine the wild celebrations going on from the...
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bobwelch23
Apr 13, 20107 min read
Sweat words: The top 10 sports books
Since words are the raw material I use in writing and speaking, a lot of my posts are going to deal with writing, speaking, books,...
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