
A monthly dispatch for lovers of outdoor adventure, immersion reporting, and narrative craft.
| Platform | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly | |
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| Issues | 20 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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Suppertime at the Archer City Writers’ Workshop
Every summer, for more years than I can recall, nonfiction writers have been gathering in a one-stoplight Texas town around three hours northwest of Dallas. For a spell, they hole up in a lit...
Kaitlyn, Nikki, me, and Marie on Danish Daughter Farm in Homer, Alaska.
In May, after months of colliding deadlines, dawn-to-dusk work, and not a single day off since 2025, I bought a one-way ticket to Alaska.
My body ached from riding a...
Suppertime on a river trip. Sometimes there’s also a campfire.
In three decades as a professional writer, I’ve learned to prioritize the two most nourishing elements of my writing life: writing retreats and a literary community.
Writing...
One of my favorite things about being a journalist is that I never stop learning. Often I have to start from scratch. Before writing In Light of All Darkness, I’d read only one true crime book (In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote). When I was a...
Pregnant and salmon fishing on the Kasilof River with my father (right) in 2007.
I wrote this issue of The Waterproof Notebook while sitting on the bank of the Kasilof River in Alaska, watching my husband fish for salmon. Eddie prefers exp...
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