I'm a natural history and environmental writer, an editor and photographer. I've lived in upstate New York, the SF Bay Area, Washington, DC, the Mojave Desert, and Los Angeles. My writing has appeared in publications ranging from Camas and Orion to Bay Nature, California Wild, the Boston Globe, and about thirty daily papers nationwide when I was a syndicated garden writer for the Knight-Ridder chain. No, I never got to meet the talking car.
I've traveled extensively in the Mojave, Great Basin and Sonoran deserts, as well as in the steppes and slickrock country of the Colorado Plateau.
This blog has existed in one form or another since 2003. At first it was called Creek Running North, after Pinole Creek, near where I lived back then. I moved in 2008 and renamed the site Coyote Crossing, but about a thousand people* still link here under the old name.
My publicist tells me I should mention that my writing here has frequently been called the best on the Internet.
* May not actually equal 1000

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Banner painting by Carl S. Buell.
if any of you would like to volunteer to edit drafts along the way, let me know.
*raises hand*
Although I have professionally edited ONE COOKBOOK, I don’t think my skillz are sufficient to find any flaws in YOUR writing, Chris! I am sure I would read it and just say “It’s FIne!”
That article (Beth’s) is RIGHT ON THE MONEY! I agree one hundred percent. Quit sharing your writing for free all the time, I am EXACTLY the kind of asshole who will pay top dollar for it happily, provided that I haven’t already read it all for free already.
I wish that I would win a multi-state giant payoff lottery, so that I could set up a publishing house to pay writers giant bux for writing stuff, without having to worry about making any money at all off the enterprise. If fact, I kind of think that if I am not even TRYING to make any money, I will probably make tons. But a need a couple of million to get started! Like THIRTY MILLION. YES. YES THAT WOULD DO NICELY.
Chris,
Best of luck with the book and I look forward to reading the final product. I’d be happy to provide a sounding board on your chapters if you need volunteers.
-shaun
Happy to wield a red pen on drafts anytime! Just holler (tweet, ping, whatever..).
Hi Chris.
I bought Walking with Zeke two days ago and could not put it down. I held my breath every chapter, hoping you and Zeke would be ok for just a little longer. I felt your pain in the good moments because you were wondering every time if it would be the last time. Your descriptions of your surroundings are pure poetry and as beautiful as anything I have ever read.
Naturally, since I just got to the end of your book, I’m bawling. Thank you for sharing so much of your life. I already left a review on Amazon. I will recommend your book to all of my friends.
Thanks for the plug, Chris—I really appreciate it.