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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FREE RANGE WRITERS
Dave Butler
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Pamela Beason
Gregory Zeigler
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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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- Oct 4, 2020
- 3 min
The Things that Haunt This Writer - by Pamela Beason
It’s Halloween month, and my neighbors are already going all out with creepy decorations. One house that I routinely walk by features...
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- Sep 27, 2020
- 6 min
Steeping Stories in Strong Settings… Guest Post by Christine Carbo
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...
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- Sep 19, 2020
- 3 min
The Importance of Being Current?
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...
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- Sep 14, 2020
- 3 min
Writing as Patchwork Quilt
Partner Pam wrote a powerful and evocative piece about the importance of sensory recall in her most recent post, and her writing, as...
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- Sep 5, 2020
- 4 min
The Importance of Being There
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...
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- Aug 9, 2020
- 4 min
SHOCK WAVES
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...
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- Aug 2, 2020
- 3 min
The End ... or is it the Beginning?
By Dave Butler Typing the words ‘the end’ is incredibly satisfying. When I finished the first draft of my first book of fiction, my...
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- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
Toyotas Taken Out in Separate Rat Attacks!
No one saw this coming. By Gregory Zeigler I've always touted Toyotas' ruggedness by pointing out they are the truck of choice in...
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- Jul 18, 2020
- 4 min
Crazy Times with Suburban Wildlife
When my washing machine died two minutes into the wash cycle this morning, I had to laugh (after I ran out of swear words). This is the...
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