FREE RANGE WRITERS

Pam Beason posed the titulary question last week. I'm going to tackle it again this week. No doubt, the eighteenth century satirist, Jon...

All fiction writers would like our novels to be considered timeless, so when we incorporate historical events or trends into our stories,...

By Dave Butler In their final posts before Christmas, Pam wrote about making memories, her aversion to materialism, and doing more with l...

In which the author tries to explain his aversion to the cozy. Recommends a mystery for his readers' holiday reading pleasure. Makes a bo...

I’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...

By Peter Kingsmill This week, we at Free Range Writers are pleased that Canadian environmental writer Peter Kingsmill agreed to share tho...

By 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...

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...

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...

My 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...

By 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!...

Nicole Anderson is a communications teacher and freelance writer living in Sandy, Utah. She has been a member of several conservation org...

It’s Halloween month, and my neighbors are already going all out with creepy decorations. One house that I routinely walk by features gia...

Today we are honored by a guest post from Christine Carbo, the author of the Glacier Mystery novels, an ensemble series set in and around...

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...

Partner Pam wrote a powerful and evocative piece about the importance of sensory recall in her most recent post, and her writing, as usua...

Writers 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 ...

By 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...

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...

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...