Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over. — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over. — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
I love to read about the exploits of technical mountain climbers, but I've never done any vertical climbing. — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
Choosing the narrator for a first-person story like 'Downriver' is a crucial decision because the voice has to be one the reader wants to… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
My youngest brother and I went on a ten-day canoe trip in Bowron Provincial Park in British Columbia years ago. Believe it or not,… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
I do have two wonderful awards from the Western Writers of America, one for 'Beardance' and the other for 'Far North.' The award is… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
I love weird science. I learned in an article in 'National Geographic' that there are trillions of bacteria in our guts that help us… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
So much of writing is discovery. Sometimes I feel like a rat in a maze, trying to discover the way out. My little heart… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
For 'The Big Wander,' I probably had ten different outlines before I made myself start writing. I would sleep on each one, thinking it… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
I've been collecting articles on extremophile bacteria for at least the last ten years. I find them fascinating, whether they live in boiling pools… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
“Dusty rarely barks, but did she ever send up a clamor now, barking like there was no tomorrow.” — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
I've been under the spell of the North ever since my childhood in Alaska. More and more, I've been returning to Alaska, and sometimes… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
'Changes in Latitudes' began when I was looking at a photograph of a sea turtle swimming underwater. I had such a strong feeling for… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
'Ghost Canoe' takes place on the storm-tossed tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, where I spent a lot of time hiking and exploring. — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
Researching and writing about the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98 was one of the most exciting and involving projects I've undertaken. — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
