"Write without pay until someone offers pay. If nobody offers pay within three years, the candidate may look upon this circumstance as the sign . . . that sawing wood is what he was intended for." — Mark Twain
Sawing Wood chronicles the travels and artistic ventures of a young family as they move from San Francisco to Boise to Boulder, CO in pursuit of a place to call home.
David Guiotto is the author of Sawtooth Country and Holocene Trail Guide to the Boise Front. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Watchword Press, The Rumpus.net, Terra Nova, and The Boise Weekly. He is working on his third novel The Distances. And yes, he does saw wood for a living.