FREE RANGE WRITERS

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...

By Margaret Pettis Our guest, Margaret Pettis lives in northern Utah. She co-founded the Utah Wilderness Association and the High Uintas...

By Dave Butler In their posts over the last two weeks, Pam and Greg pushed me to think about evolution. But not necessarily the kind...

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

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...

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