Erik Schlimmer grew up in the Adirondacks but now lives in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Not surprisingly, he is a prolific writer of books about hiking and climbing. His work includes “Thru Hiker’s Guide to America,” “Blue Line to Blue Line,” “History Inside the Blue Line,” ...

The large crowd at the recent Howl Story Slam in Saranac Lake indicated that even though movies are full of special effects and television offers abundant options, there is an audience for stories told by our neighbors. The Harrietstown Town Hall audience welcomed and listened to storytellers ...

Winter can be a good time to sit by the fire and read someone’s memories of a long ago trek through the Adirondacks. By chance I found a copy of “Friendly Adirondack Peaks,” by Robert Wickham, published in 1924. Why not find out what such an undertaking would have been like exactly a ...

The great thing about self-publishing is that anyone can do it. It’s also the bad thing. For a knowledgeable and competent writer, self-publishing is a way to avoid the hassles, delays and disappointments associated with the commercial — and profit-motivated — “houses” like ...

Jenny Milchman is a prolific writer. Only in her mid-50s, she has written 22 novels. Novel number eight was the first one she sold. “Cover of Snow” was published in 2013 and won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for best suspense novel that year. On jennymilchman.com the author says while you ...

Clinton County’s Senior Citizens Council has been conducting its “Senior Scholars” seminar program for thirteen years. The seminars meet in-person for five consecutive weeks. I was coordinator of one of this autumn’s seminars, focused on “What They’re Reading in High School ...