Story First - Guest Post by Scott Graham, Author of the National Park Mystery Series
For a decade now, I’ve had a terrific time researching and writing my seven-books-and-counting National Park Mystery Series for...
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- May 1, 2022
- 7 min
The Earth Day List—with permission from Janet Rudolph (Mystery Readers Journal)
Like your mysteries set in wild places? Are you passionate about environmental issues? Then you'll appreciate the following lists of...
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- Apr 17, 2022
- 5 min
A Wild Idea
By Dave Butler Success in conservation often means employing a unique and ever-evolving basket of skills such as passion, dedication,...
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- Apr 3, 2022
- 3 min
Finding the Next Great Read - by Pamela Beason
I’m excited about attending the Left Coast Crime Conference next week. It’s not a writers’ conference, but a mystery fan conference. The...
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- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
Yellowstone in 100 Years? Help me Imagine it.
By Gregory Zeigler I'm trying something a little different this post. Something that we authors—so accustomed to toiling alone—rarely do....
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- Mar 6, 2022
- 6 min
Every Life is a Story
By Stephen Legault FRW editor note-- this week, we are very pleased to share a post by renowned writer and conservationist Stephen...
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- Feb 20, 2022
- 2 min
Those Darn Words!
Words are a writer's tools, but sometimes I can't locate my toolbox and then I just try to use a a pair of pliers for everything. I think...
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- Feb 6, 2022
- 7 min
David Gessner: Confessions of a Western Easterner
Twenty-five years ago I published an essay called “A Polygamist of Place.” I stand by it. What did I mean by calling myself a geographic...
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- Jan 23, 2022
- 4 min
According to Proust
By Dave Butler Early in my fiction writing career, I was asked by a fellow novelist if I used the Proust Questionnaire to develop...
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- Jan 9, 2022
- 4 min
Perception Is Everything
In my work as a private investigator, I interviewed people involved in many situations in many ways, and I’ve learned that each person’s...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
Holiday Flights of Fancy
Enjoy a visual holiday gift from Chuck Schneebeck Photography. Note from Gregory Zeigler. I asked wildlife photographer Chuck Schneebeck...
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- Dec 5, 2021
- 4 min
Editing -- The Agony and the Ecstasy
By Dave Butler “So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.” Dr. Seuss One of my...
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- Nov 21, 2021
- 4 min
ON CREATING THE ALEX CARTER THRILLER SERIES - A Guest Post by Alice Henderson
A note from Pamela Beason - Today we're happy to welcome Alice Henderson, another environmental mystery author, to our site. I highly...
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- Nov 8, 2021
- 4 min
Livin' in Aluminum*
By Gregory Zeigler The boundary of Munds Mountain Wilderness Area is literally a five minute walk from Sedona, Arizona. I'm thinking...
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- Oct 23, 2021
- 3 min
The Lure of Swimming in the Wild - a guest post by author Claire Kells
Claire Kells is a physician and writer, whose best-selling debut adventure novel Girl Underwater was released in 2015. An avid open water...
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- Oct 10, 2021
- 4 min
Searching for Tao Canyon
by Pat Morrow Editor's note -- this week, we're very pleased that Pat Morrow has agreed to join us. Pat, who lives in a small town in...
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- Sep 26, 2021
- 4 min
An Interview with Charlie Craighead: Living the "Wild" Life.
By Gregory Zeigler Charlie Craighead is a writer and filmmaker who grew up in a family of biologists. Charlie attended Utah State...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
“It’s My Job” vs “It’s Killing the Ecosystem” – Which Should Win?
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...
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- Aug 29, 2021
- 5 min
Back Where My Ancestors Walked
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...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 4 min
An Interview with Amy McCarthy: Executive Director, Teton Raptor Center
By Gregory Zeigler Following a childhood in upstate New York and upon graduating from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a dual major...
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