Leaving home

Goodbye to my roots in West Seattle. I’m preparing my house for sale. I’ll miss the place. West Seattle nurtured me and has given me inspiration for some of my best writing.

I was born in West Seattle, raised in West Seattle, educated there through high school, and although I spent years in New York City and San Diego, I had returned there to build a new home I thought I would stay in for an indefinite number of years. My home in West Seattle saw me through the Immunex years when I made some of my biggest scientific discoveries, and it gave me comfort and shelter when I embarked on my fiction writing career.

I’ll still be a Seattle-Area writer in coming years, but not on my old stomping grounds. My new nest is not far away, but I’ll miss the constant contact I’ve had with the part of the city that nurtured my best-recieved stories so far, including Blood Tide, The Ghost Trees, A Dangerous Breed, and my soon-to-be released novel, The Neah Virus.

I’ve got to go meet with the realtor so this note will have to be brief. Perhaps you’re a denizen of West Seattle yourself. If so, cherish the beautiful place you call home. If not, stop by the best kept secret in West-Coast living sometime for a look-see.

Somehow, someday, I think I’ll be right back where I started.