How I Meet My Readers, How They Greet Me

Plenty of us have found ourselves at a crossroads where we desperately need a life change. In Boundless, I show you how to get beyond yourself and imagine a new future.

Cottonwoods, late afternoon sun, UCross Ranch near Sheridan, Wyoming

When I tell people about my forthcoming memoir Boundless (September 2024, Atmosphere Press), I say it this way: It’s about how, when you have become no one, you can become someone again.

When I get the knowing nod, I understand I’ve met my reader. Suddenly, I am looking at a face that has shed its outer protective layers and connected to an inner world that yearns for something deeper. Their faces glow a little, like they left the windows open at night and they don’t care. 

That tells me what I already sense about my readers is true: They are looking for a path to reinvention.

How did you become a ghost in your own life?

Plenty of us have found ourselves at a point in life when we desperately need a change. We know things cannot go on the same way—the hard truth is that present life is already broken. We need to live somewhere else. We need to love someone else. We need to be making our living a vocation, not a job.

We don…