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
- 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
- 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
- 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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- Aug 1, 2021
- 3 min
Cultural Appropriation? Let's Not Go There - by Pamela Beason
If you pay attention to current discussions of literature, art, or even music, you have no doubt become ensnared by accusations of...
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- Jul 18, 2021
- 3 min
Buyin' Dirt
By Dave Butler (1) I’ve been pondering the notion of land ownership since I finished the book “Land,” by Simon Winchester (Published Jan....
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- Jul 3, 2021
- 3 min
Your Ticket to Independence.
Happy Independence Day! (With apologies to Dave and our faithful Canadian readers.) And speaking of independence, this post revisits a...
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- Jun 20, 2021
- 3 min
The Lingering Effects of the Covid Year
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...
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- May 30, 2021
- 3 min
Two Paths in a Wood
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...
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- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
Yellowstone: understaffed, underfunded, overwhelmed—still magical.
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...
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