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Another technical
paper, which required the detailed explanation of
something with at least one moving part, described
the splitter box that directs sewage to the various
pipes of a septic tank drain field. The professor
loved the description but was going to grade me down
since there wasn’t any moving part until he decided
the lid of the box would suffice.
Raising two daughters challenged my imagination
nightly as they wouldn’t go to sleep without a bed
time story. I began an unending story about a cat I
named Phat Kat. His many adventures kept my
daughters happy at bedtime as well as on prolonged
trips. When the question, “Are we about there?” came
up too often Phat Kat would appear and keep them
entertained.
On a short trip to the Oregon
coast in the early 90’s I visited the beautiful city
of Yachats. When I got back home to Anchorage, Alaska
I told my wife, Frankie, what a lovely place it is.
I said it would make a great setting for a romance
novel. She said, “Well then, go write one.” I had
never written a book before and didn’t even know
where to begin. To show her I could do it I
proceeded to write my first novel, “Accounting for
Love.” It
sat on the shelf for over ten years until I decided
to publish it in 2008, again for fun.
It was fun to do but romance novels aren’t my
“thing.” It did inspire me, however, to think
seriously about writing. A trip to Albuquerque, New
Mexico gave me the idea of
“Wind Seer”, and its sequel “Wind Talker,” about the
Anasazi, where they came from and where they
disappeared to. Our
annual trips from Alaska to Hawaii were the
inspiration for the Hawaiian trilogy about Kimo and
his quest to unitify the people of the
Big
Island under one ruler.
Six books later finds me with a file of great ideas
for future books. Check back to this website
periodically to see what’s new.
Happy reading;
Dan Robison
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