If you've ever spent time in Tahoe, you probably know that Sand Harbor State Park , on the East Shore of the lake just south of Incline ...

The 15th book in the Owen McKenna series is Tahoe Payback! I'll be all over the territory signing it and my other titles, giving talks, ...

Image a bike ride 129 miles long, with five climbs up mountain passes for a total of 15,000 vertical feet of climbing. Now put that entire r...

When we think of Tahoe, images of skiing and boating and hiking and biking come to mind. Recreation paradise, right? But increasingly, what ...

Last week I wrote about how Lin-Manuel Miranda didn't just write some great tunes and then, presto, had a smash hit with his musical Ham...

Let's say you came up with a great idea for a novel. Now let's say you sat down and wrote that novel. Is that a big deal? Yes, abs...

June 8th, 2017. The snow has been gone on the north side of our house (elevation 6450) for a week. Most Tahoe areas below 7000 feet are sno...

Last week, I left off with my poor, lonely first novel, floundering out there in a vast, rough sea. Agents and editors were cruising in life...

I learned about this "hardest part of writing" back when I wrote my first novel, which is still in a drawer along with three other...

It's not yet on my website... It hasn't even been printed... But it's done. Edited. And the cover is finished. (Thank you, ed...

Women racers circling Tahoe in Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California. Too bad they couldn't find a scenic place to hold the race! ...

Yes, we've had some nice spring weather in the last couple of weeks. But we don't let that fool us. Six times in the past, I'v...