Ruby McConnell

@rubygonewild

Writer. Rock hound. Environmentalist. Author of Ground Truth and A Woman's and Girl's Guides to the Wild. Find me in the woods. #wheresyourwild
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Cover reveal! This month Solid Ground (Substack) has the big new book news and a look back at the lessons learned from one of my most popular pieces, story of the Applegate Trail:/p/finding-our-way-the-headwaters-of
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6 days ago
Great editors bring out the best in any writer. But first you have to pitch them...
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16 days ago
On Arsenic and the Old West, a sunday dispatch from the high desert. (link here and in bio) /pub/rubygonewild/p/arsenic-and-the-old-west?r=5v70be&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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1 month ago
Pays to wake up early, every time. #getoutside #wheresyourwild
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1 month ago
Celebrating ten years of writing the wild and getting people outside! Read about the long and winding road to the publication of an outdoor classic here (Substack link in bio): /pub/rubygonewild/p/ten-years-of-a-womans-guide-to-the?r=5v70be&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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1 month ago
Ten years of A Woman's Guide to the Wild! More than 30,000 copies sold. This book has a life of its own. It's been spotted in National Park bookstores, feminist conferences in Poland, on lounge chairs along Lake Michigan, in the Wall Street Journal and the Japanese Columbia Sportswear Catalogue and pretty much everywhere in between. It is now available in French translation. Thank you, everyone that has read and supported my work. It's still available everywhere books are sold. Keep going outside! It's good for you. #wheresyourwild #outdoorlife #wilderness
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2 months ago
New dispatch from the largest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the world: /pub/rubygonewild/p/field-notes-from-the-oregon-outback?r=5v70be&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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2 months ago
Saturday April 18 at 1 p.m. at @gratitudebeer the mighty Lidia Yuknavitch will be in town for a live taping of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast! We'll be talking about her latest work and how she crafts such riveting personal stories, as well as what it's like to have your book adapted as a movie. There will be a Q&A and a book signing, with book sales handled by J. Michael's. As always, we partner with the Northwest Review and will have local readers open for the main event. The link to RSVP is in the bio. It's FREE to attend. Share widely!
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2 months ago
Blood moon. With gratitude to @pepper_trail
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2 months ago
Go live your life. Go live your life and have it be without shame or artifice or strife. Go live your life in all kinds of weather, moods, and incarnations. Go, live your life, do not wait or slow or stumble or apologize. Go live your life because the whole world waits for you. #getoutside #wheresyourwild #oregon
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2 months ago
New from Solid Groud, a little bit of bravery to start your week (link in bio): /pub/rubygonewild/p/bravery-in-the-time-of-retribution?r=5v70be&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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2 months ago
New from my Substack, Solid Ground: Stories of Earth and Everyday Life. Read, subscribe, and share! The Affluence of Time /pub/rubygonewild/p/the-affluence-of-time?r=5v70be&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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3 months ago