about
It's a new adventure. Fiction. Conjuring a mystery series. Above is my summer office where I write. Most of the time in pajamas.
I’ve settled here in a family cabin in the foothills of Mt. Hood on the Salmon River after what seems like several lifetimes: a childhood in a small logging town on the Clackamas River, photographer in Seattle, thirteen years in L.A. starting out as a Photo Editor for the L.A. Weekly, then as an award-winning magazine Art Director, and morphing to TV Story Editor/Writer for “Mama’s Family,” “Major Dad,” and Knots Landing” for which I won the Soap Opera Award for "Best Storyline" two years in a row. (A mystery over several episodes we called "Jill's Descent into Hell," demented & much fun.)
After L.A. it was back home to Oregon and a column in my home-town paper, The Clackamas County News, then on to a travel column in The Sunday Oregonian, food and travel magazine writing, book editing & anthology contributing, and all kinds of stuff that free-lance writers find themselves doing.
Now this: dreaming up thrillers in this cabin in the Oregon woods.
I’ve settled here in a family cabin in the foothills of Mt. Hood on the Salmon River after what seems like several lifetimes: a childhood in a small logging town on the Clackamas River, photographer in Seattle, thirteen years in L.A. starting out as a Photo Editor for the L.A. Weekly, then as an award-winning magazine Art Director, and morphing to TV Story Editor/Writer for “Mama’s Family,” “Major Dad,” and Knots Landing” for which I won the Soap Opera Award for "Best Storyline" two years in a row. (A mystery over several episodes we called "Jill's Descent into Hell," demented & much fun.)
After L.A. it was back home to Oregon and a column in my home-town paper, The Clackamas County News, then on to a travel column in The Sunday Oregonian, food and travel magazine writing, book editing & anthology contributing, and all kinds of stuff that free-lance writers find themselves doing.
Now this: dreaming up thrillers in this cabin in the Oregon woods.
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A few other projects I love. I'm a board member on three non-profits:
Urban Greenspaces Institute
Keeping Portland & surrounds green as well as supporting greenspace efforts worldwide. Mike Houck, Director.
urbangreenspaces.org
Keeping Portland & surrounds green as well as supporting greenspace efforts worldwide. Mike Houck, Director.
urbangreenspaces.org
The Friends of Clyde Rice & The Rice House
“A Safe Haven for All Who Create.”
If you’re in need of a quiet, sublime place to work on a creative project (writing, music, art, natural history) contact us & apply online. clyderice.org.
“A Safe Haven for All Who Create.”
If you’re in need of a quiet, sublime place to work on a creative project (writing, music, art, natural history) contact us & apply online. clyderice.org.
Northwest Photography Archive
Creating beautiful books from archived photos the public has rarely seen. The Archive’s first book was the award-winning Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867–1957, which led to a Portland Art Museum exhibit and subsequent television documentary on Oregon Public Broadcasting. Our second, Enduring Spirit: Photographs of Northwest Indians 1855 - 1934 anticipated launch, fall 2020 (OSU Press).
Creating beautiful books from archived photos the public has rarely seen. The Archive’s first book was the award-winning Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867–1957, which led to a Portland Art Museum exhibit and subsequent television documentary on Oregon Public Broadcasting. Our second, Enduring Spirit: Photographs of Northwest Indians 1855 - 1934 anticipated launch, fall 2020 (OSU Press).
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A few pics in hats.
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Summit Meadows on Mt. Hood; Catalina Island eco-tour; gathering vegetables at The Rice Place; with Lucy in Portovenere, Italy; goofing.
The home page pic. A cross-country (Portland, Oregon to D.C.) Amtrak trip in my little compartment.