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    bobwelch23
    • Mar 5, 2014
    • 3 min

    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, 2014
    • 3 min

    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, 2014
    • 3 min

    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, 2013
    • 3 min

    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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    Neil Young’s new book
    bobwelch23
    • Jan 16, 2013
    • 2 min

    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 22, 2012
    • 2 min

    ► 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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    Earning my Wonderful Life wings
    bobwelch23
    • Sep 1, 2012
    • 2 min

    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, 2012
    • 1 min

    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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    Latest Book: Resolve
    bobwelch23
    • Aug 1, 2012
    • 1 min

    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, 2012
    • 2 min

    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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    The best 25 columns of all time
    bobwelch23
    • Mar 29, 2012
    • 3 min

    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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    New book came easier than ‘Nightingale’
    bobwelch23
    • Mar 20, 2012
    • 2 min

    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, 2011
    • 2 min

    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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    Why we write
    bobwelch23
    • Jan 31, 2011
    • 3 min

    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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    A pirate’s life for me: burying skeletons from the past
    bobwelch23
    • Jul 10, 2010
    • 4 min

    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 21, 2010
    • 7 min

    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, 2010
    • 3 min

    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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    Accidentally finding Walden Pond
    bobwelch23
    • May 16, 2010
    • 3 min

    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 19, 2010
    • 3 min

    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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    Sweat words: The top 10 sports books
    bobwelch23
    • Apr 13, 2010
    • 7 min

    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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