Evan Swensen
- Author, Book Publisher, and Developer of Author Masterminds
- Author Masterminds Charter Member
- Host of Alaska Outdoors Magazine Podcast
Articles
BALLYHOO!
Ballyhoo. Now, here’s a word you don’t hear every day. At least not yet. It’s a 1920s term meaning extravagant, over-the-top, attention-generating words or actions …
The Customer is Always Right—Sometimes
Long before box stores and national chains came to Anchorage, Alaska, Homer Sparkman was the proprietor of a small equipment rental and engine repair service …
Charlie’s Christmas Tree
Charlie’s Christmas Tree by Blake Swensen When I was growing up, we always trimmed our Christmas tree on my birthday. Living in Alaska, with a …
Readers and Writers Book Club is Good for Your Mental and Physical Health
I think you’ll be surprised at the amount of time you spend reading. I didn’t say reading books—I said reading: billboards, labels on cans and …
Pike On A Fly
We were filming a segment for Alaska Outdoors television show when I accomplished three, “I’ve never done before” things on one pike in a Southwest …
Group Rights v.s Individual Rights
When Martin Luther King said, “I have a dream that … children will … live in a nation where they will not be judged by …
For Kids Only
This is for kids only. If you want to go fishing more next summer begin planning right now. Maybe you could ask for a fishing …
Prince or Pauper — Fishing Southwest Alaska is the Ultimate
Charlie’s pilot made a trip to Southwest Alaska in the old 1948 Stinson Voyager, 857 Charlie. Charlie’s pilot’s daughter, her friend, and her friend’s father …
Three Kinds Of People
Some have said: There are three kinds of people. Those who wonder what happened. Those who watch what happened. And, those who make things happen …
The Night Ed Almost Shot Me
Ed and I were hunting from a lodge located on a lake at the base of Mt. Susitna. The lodge, in its first year of …
Hunting Is More Than Shooting
Fishing or hunting trips seldom go exactly as scheduled nor do they always end up with a full freezer. As an example, my daughter, Diane, and …
Podcasts
Evan, who lives in Anchorage, has 9 children, 25 grandchildren, and 6 great grandchildren. As a pilot, he has logged more than 4,000 hours of flight time in Alaska, in both wheel and float planes. He is a serious recreation hunter and fisherman, equally comfortable casting a flyrod or using bait, or lures. He has been published in many national magazines and is the author of four books.