Via KindleBoards: Adventurous duo relay their experiences into guidebooks

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of being featured on KindleBoards, one of the premier blogs related to books available on -- you guessed it -- Kindle. We shared our story of working with small, traditional publishers for our first 3 guidebooks, and moving into self-publishing for our more recent publications. It has been an interesting and worthwhile transition for us.

See, you can teach old dogs new tricks!

The Same Six Questions (almost)

Recently we were interviewed by Scott Mulraney, who writes as Andy Rane, and discussed how we began writing nonfiction. His website features interviews, primarily with fiction authors, using The Same Six Questions for each author. Since some of the questions dealt with characters and -- of course -- made-up events, he modified the questions just a bit to have them fit our nonfiction genre.

Take a look:  The Same Six Questions -- Charlie & Diane Winger

As read in "The Watch" newspaper...

Thanks to "The Watch" for this wonderful article and invitation to stop by to see us at this weekend's book signing event in Montrose CO.

"If you’d like to know what it’s like to be a world traveler, but you never seem to make off the couch, go get a copy of a new book, Because It’s There – A Photographic Journey, by Diane and Charlie Winger. It will not only look good on the coffee table, it portrays the wonders the two have seen over years of hiking, mountaineering, and writing guidebooks..."

Read more: Watch Newspapers - ‘Because It’s There’ Authors to Sign Books Saturday in Montrose

Addendum 12/3/11: Thanks to everyone who came by today -- it was fun visiting with everyone, and we really appreciate all the book purchases!

Book Signing in Montrose, CO

We hope you'll join us on Saturday, December 3, 2011 for a book signing at Hastings in Montrose, CO. We'll have all 5 of our titles on hand, and will be glad to talk about climbing, hiking, highpointing, mountain photography, and other favorite topics with you, as well as sign copies of our books (of course).

We'll be there from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., so stop on by and say hi!