Kate Dyer-Seeley  

November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month.  In partnership with The Oregonian, we (as in the Oregon Chapter) produced a special section that appears in today’s paper.  Working on the piece was equally exciting and challenging.  In fact, there were a few times last month when I thought we might never [...]

I was thrilled to learn a few weeks ago that I was chosen as a finalist in the Oregon Quarterly’s 2010 Perspective’s contest for an essay I wrote titled “Pack It Up Kids – We’re Leaving:  Lessons Learned from an Unlikely Football Fan.”   The essay is an homage to my dad’s unwavering dedication not only [...]

I’ve been remiss in any writing updates as of late so here’s one big ol’ purge: First, the Vancouver Voice, where I write my column Couv’ Connections, is venturing into subscriptions.  Now instead of grabbing a copy of the Voice at your favorite coffee shop, it will arrive nicely bundled in your mailbox for a [...]

My feature story on Richard Jones appears in this month’s issue of Climbing magazine.  Which is nearly to the day one year after I sent my editor at Climbing my original query letter.  This particular feature is a classic case study in the process of writing.  Writing takes times.  And, I mean all writing.  My monthly column, freelance features in magazines and writing [...]

A few months ago I wrote my column for the Vancouver Voice about a community gardens project that the city of Vancouver offers its resident.  If you have time or the inclination, you can read the entire article here.  The basic premise of the feature was how easy it is to plot out a garden in a [...]

When I first ventured into the process of writing a book, I thought, write a book, send to publisher, see book appear on shelves a few months later right?  Wrong!  I also, like most new authors, assumed that once the book appeared on shelves the publisher would spend gobs of money promoting it right?  Also wrong! Writing the [...]