My seventeen years of teaching inform my sense of audience in every line I write. Will Hobbs More Quotes by Will Hobbs More Quotes From 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 is beating, and I'm racing down a path thinking, this is the route, it will get me there, as I turn this way and then that. Will Hobbs heartwritingthinking An image often propels the novel, gets it started. For me, it's an image that has a lot of emotion connected to it. Will Hobbs novelemotionconnected 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 magicwritingcharacter Dreams aren't practical, but we can't live without them. Will Hobbs practicalsdream I stay in contact with kids, and that is a lot of fun for me, not only to get their letters but to meet them in schools and see that the books really have engaged their hearts and imaginations. That's what makes it so worthwhile. Will Hobbs heartfunbook I often read nonfiction, and some of my ideas begin there. Will Hobbs nonfictionideas Some of the best things that have happened in my stories have happened seemingly of their own accord. The writer becomes a listener, just writing things down as they come. Will Hobbs accordstorieswriting One day I get to that spot where I've discovered the secret to the maze, and then I've got free running the rest of the way. It's a great feeling. Will Hobbs secretfeelingsrunning The Internet is like a gold-rush; the only people making money are those who sell the pans. Will Hobbs internetgoldpeople Old Japanese saying, live scorpion in pants makes life interesting. Will Hobbs scorpionspantsinteresting The frenzy surrounding crypto has ebbed and flowed with prices, none of the crypto currencies currently fulfill any of the criteria that we would look for in an investible asset and we would continue to advise extreme caution. The rout in crypto currencies is still not finished. Will Hobbs business 'Changes in Latitudes' began when I was looking at a photograph of a sea turtle swimming underwater. I had such a strong feeling for the beauty of this ancient creature, at home in the sea. On the spot, I wanted to swim with that turtle. I began to imagine a character who would do just that. Will Hobbs seahomebeautycharacter 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 at Yellowstone, around thermal vents at the floors of the oceans, or on Mars, where NASA has been searching for them as the first evidence of life beyond Earth. Will Hobbs livefindearthlife 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 my adventures inspire a story. Will Hobbs storychildhoodsometimesinspire Seven of my novels take place in the Southwest, in the Four Corners area which has been my home since 1973. I know these mountains, rivers, mesas and canyons well, so it's been natural for me to draw on my own personal experiences here. Will Hobbs mountainsplacemehome For 'The Big Wander,' I probably had ten different outlines before I made myself start writing. I would sleep on each one, thinking it was wonderful, but I would always awake perceiving some flaw. Will Hobbs startmyselfsleepthinking 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 listen to, and the voice has to be a match for the emotion you want the story to carry. Will Hobbs storyyouvoicedecision In a lot of cases, writers discover that the novel needs to begin later in the action than they'd first thought. Will Hobbs discoverfirstthoughtaction 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 rushaboutgoldwriting I do have two wonderful awards from the Western Writers of America, one for 'Beardance' and the other for 'Far North.' The award is called the Spur, and the plaques really do have spurs on them! Will Hobbs awardawardswonderfulamerica
