Like I mentioned in my first post for this site--Oh, you didn't read it? You totally should. It's not a bad origin story--I made this promise to myself back when I was twelve that someday I would write and publish a real book. Well, forty-four years later I did. As Writer's Retreat is my debut novel, all of this is brand new to me. Literally, all of this. When I thought about writing a book, I was naturally fixated on writing the story: Getting an idea that really sparked m

[Taps microphone.] Hello? Can you hear me? [Clears throat.] Uh, hey there. Hi. My name's Sean. Sean Ingersoll. Technically, Sean-Scott Ingersoll and, um, this is my website. [Awkwardly bumps microphone, winces at feedback.] Sorry. Yeah, so a little bit about myself: Native Oregonian, born in the Cherry City (Salem), got an architecture degree in the Emerald City (Eugene), and now I live in the Nike City (Beaverton). I also went to kindergarten down in Medford for a year bu