Behind the Story
The Landscape Is Not a Backdrop
Why place matters in fiction, and how geography, weather, and the natural world shape believable stories and the decisions characters make.
Read the essay: The Landscape Is Not a BackdropNOTES FROM THE WRITING DESK AND BEYOND
The Journal.
The world behind the stories.
Our novels begin long before the first chapter is written.
A landscape. An unexpected encounter. A question without an immediate answer. A small detail that stays in the mind.
In our journal, we explore the places, research, wildlife, observations, and creative experiences that shape our work.
Not everything we discover becomes part of a novel.
But almost everything has a story worth telling.
Behind the Story
Research, fictional worlds and creative decisions.
Field Notes
Nature, geography and documentary observations.
Writing Life
Collaboration, revision and the work of writing.
Field Notes
The Discipline of Noticing
How observation, patience, and a background in wildlife filmmaking influence our approach to creating believable fictional worlds.
Read the essay: The Discipline of NoticingWriting Life
Writers Are Made, Not Born
Reflections on talent, discipline, revision, and the work involved in turning a creative idea into a finished novel.
Read the essay: Writers Are Made, Not BornEvery story begins somewhere.
Discover the first Oskar Qvist novel and the world behind it.