To Beta or not to Beta
By Dave Butler When programmers develop new software programs or video games, they commonly share ‘beta’ versions with a select group of...
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- Mar 14, 2021
- 2 min
Making a Book Trailer for YouTube.
My publisher, Wise Ink, held a free Zoom seminar last fall on the subject of social media marketing. The presenter said something that...
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- Mar 7, 2021
- 4 min
Do Tough Life Experiences Make Better Writers?
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...
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- Feb 28, 2021
- 4 min
Size Matters
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...
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- Feb 21, 2021
- 5 min
On Ignoring Formulas and Shattering Stereotypes
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...
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- Feb 14, 2021
- 3 min
Valentine's Day, Toolkits, and Trackhoes
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...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 5 min
I Plan to be There too.
By Margaret Pettis Our guest, Margaret Pettis lives in northern Utah. She co-founded the Utah Wilderness Association and the High Uintas...
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- Jan 24, 2021
- 3 min
Will We Ever Evolve? (part 3)
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...
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- Jan 17, 2021
- 4 min
Will We Ever Evolve, Part 2?
Pam Beason posed the titulary question last week. I'm going to tackle it again this week. No doubt the eighteenth century satirist,...
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- Jan 10, 2021
- 2 min
Will We Ever Evolve?
All fiction writers would like our novels to be considered timeless, so when we incorporate historical events or trends into our stories,...
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- Dec 27, 2020
- 3 min
Yearning for Travel
By Dave Butler In their final posts before Christmas, Pam wrote about making memories, her aversion to materialism, and doing more with...
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- Dec 20, 2020
- 3 min
The Holidays: Great Time to Cozy-up with a Mystery. But Please, not a Cozy.
In which the author tries to explain his aversion to the cozy. Recommends a mystery for his readers' holiday reading pleasure. Makes a...
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- Dec 13, 2020
- 4 min
Create Memories This Holiday Season
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...
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- Nov 29, 2020
- 4 min
All The Stories We Could Tell
By Peter Kingsmill This week, we at Free Range Writers are pleased that Canadian environmental writer Peter Kingsmill agreed to share...
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- Nov 22, 2020
- 3 min
The Third Option: Traditional Publishing
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...
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- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
Hybrid: The Offspring of the Union of Two Distinct Species.*
Hybrid Publishing: the best of both worlds.** In our last Free Range Writers' post, Pam Beason wrote of her experiences as a fully...
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- Nov 8, 2020
- 5 min
The Good, the Bad, and the Surprises in Publishing - by Pamela Beason
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...
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- Oct 25, 2020
- 3 min
Embracing Your Inner Wild - Guest Post by Margaret Mizushima
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...
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- Oct 18, 2020
- 3 min
Growing a Character
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 #...
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- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
Bears Ears: A National Treasure Trashed.
Nicole Anderson is a communications teacher and freelance writer living in Sandy, Utah. She has been a member of several conservation...
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