Being there Quote by Will Hobbs

I love to read about the exploits of technical mountain climbers, but I've never done any vertical climbing.

— Will Hobbs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Dusty rarely barks, but did she ever send up a clamor now, barking like there was no tomorrow.”

— Will Hobbs

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

Dreams aren't practical, but we can't live without them.

— Will Hobbs

'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