16 hours ago4 minWill We Ever Evolve, Part 2?Pam Beason posed the titulary question last week. I'm going to tackle it again this week. No doubt, the eighteenth century satirist, Jon...
Jan 102 minWill We Ever Evolve?All fiction writers would like our novels to be considered timeless, so when we incorporate historical events or trends into our stories,...
Dec 27, 20203 minYearning for TravelBy Dave Butler In their final posts before Christmas, Pam wrote about making memories, her aversion to materialism, and doing more with l...
Dec 20, 20203 minThe Holidays: Great Time to Cozy-up with a Mystery. But Please, not a Cozy.In which the author tries to explain his aversion to the cozy. Recommends a mystery for his readers' holiday reading pleasure. Makes a bo...
Dec 14, 20204 minCreate Memories This Holiday SeasonI’ll just come out and say it: I’m basically anti-materialistic. So this time of year with its emphasis on consumerism makes me more tha...
Nov 29, 20204 minAll The Stories We Could TellBy Peter Kingsmill This week, we at Free Range Writers are pleased that Canadian environmental writer Peter Kingsmill agreed to share tho...
Nov 22, 20203 minThe Third Option: Traditional PublishingBy Dave Butler Following up on Pam and Greg’s posts over the past two weeks, I want to share some of my experiences in traditional publis...
Nov 16, 20203 minHybrid: The Offspring of the Union of Two Distinct Species.*Hybrid Publishing: the best of both worlds.** In our last Free Range Writers' post, Pam Beason wrote of her experiences as a fully self-c...
Nov 8, 20205 minThe Good, the Bad, and the Surprises in Publishing - by Pamela Beason There are a lot of ways to publish a book these days, and I’ve done them all: traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing, which is also cal...
Oct 25, 20203 minEmbracing Your Inner Wild - Guest Post by Margaret MizushimaMy family moved to Colorado when I was a young teen, and I’ve been drawn to the mountain wilderness to explore hiking trails and peaks ev...
Oct 18, 20203 minGrowing a CharacterBy Dave Butler When I look back at the posts we’ve written and hosted at Free Range Writers since we began in June of 2019 (this is # 50!...
Oct 12, 20203 minBears Ears: A National Treasure Trashed.Nicole Anderson is a communications teacher and freelance writer living in Sandy, Utah. She has been a member of several conservation org...
Oct 4, 20203 minThe Things that Haunt This Writer - by Pamela BeasonIt’s Halloween month, and my neighbors are already going all out with creepy decorations. One house that I routinely walk by features gia...
Sep 27, 20206 minSteeping Stories in Strong Settings… Guest Post by Christine CarboToday we are honored by a guest post from Christine Carbo, the author of the Glacier Mystery novels, an ensemble series set in and around...
Sep 20, 20203 minThe Importance of Being Current?By Dave Butler I’m sure that both Pam and Greg -- and many other fiction writers -- have been asked, at least in the last few months: “In...
Sep 14, 20203 minWriting as Patchwork QuiltPartner Pam wrote a powerful and evocative piece about the importance of sensory recall in her most recent post, and her writing, as usua...
Sep 6, 20204 minThe Importance of Being ThereWriters often hear “write what you know.” I have found that to be bad advice for many experts, as you’d be amazed how many knowledgeable ...
Aug 9, 20204 minSHOCK WAVESBy Mark Stevens Editor's Note: We at Free Range Writers are honored that Mark Stevens agreed to be our next guest author, and that he was...
Aug 2, 20203 minThe End ... or is it the Beginning?By Dave Butler Typing the words ‘the end’ is incredibly satisfying. When I finished the first draft of my first book of fiction, my writi...
Jul 27, 20203 minToyotas Taken Out in Separate Rat Attacks!No one saw this coming. By Gregory Zeigler I've always touted Toyotas' ruggedness by pointing out they are the truck of choice in Afghani...