FREE RANGE WRITERS

Warning—this post is going to be a bit of an environmental/preservation/save-the-planet rant, because that’s where my brain is these...

By Michele Sam FRW editor note -- we are pleased and honoured that Michele Sam has agreed to be our guest this week. Michele is Ktunaxa...

By Gregory Zeigler Following a childhood in upstate New York and upon graduating from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a dual major...

If you pay attention to current discussions of literature, art, or even music, you have no doubt become ensnared by accusations of...

By Dave Butler (1) I’ve been pondering the notion of land ownership since I finished the book “Land,” by Simon Winchester (Published Jan....

Happy Independence Day! (With apologies to Dave and our faithful Canadian readers.) And speaking of independence, this post revisits a...

I should be completing my next novel, but I’m having a hard time getting back into it. I blame it all on Covid. I’m still suffering from...

By Dave Butler I read Greg’s recent post about his trip to Yellowstone National Park and began thinking about what this summer and fall...

If you intend to write about wild places, you must be willing to occasionally get out into the wild. Tough duty. Dimmie and I have an...

I once wrote a blog about how a book review is the second best gift to give an author. The first, in my humble opinion, is a...

By Dave Butler I’m working on a stand-alone ecothriller about cross-border water issues. At its heart, the novel focuses on rivers, from...

A (far from complete) guide to Climate Change in honor of Earth Day. Jackson Hole High School students protesting for the planet during...

Not long ago, a friend invited me to go out snowshoeing in the moonlight. Although that sounded inviting, it meant having to cut out...

Our guest this week is renowned mystery author, Margaret Coel. Chuck Schneebeck Photography The Eagle Catcher by Margaret Coel Almost...

By Dave Butler When programmers develop new software programs or video games, they commonly share ‘beta’ versions with a select group of...

My publisher, Wise Ink, held a free Zoom seminar last fall on the subject of social media marketing. The presenter said something that...

Some time ago, as I absorbed my morning caffeine, I read my friend Rae Ellen Lee’s excellent book Cheating the Hog, which is the story of...

By Dave Butler Does size matter? Ah yes, the eternal question. Now that I have your attention, I’m fascinated by how many times I’m asked...

When I was still thinking I might go the traditional publishing route with my first novel in the Jake Goddard and Susan Brand series, The...

How did the single woman of the Free Range Writers trio get tapped to write a post on Valentine's Day? Probably because my cohorts Greg...