Scene Checker by Gregory Zeigler
Rare as Earth gets a checkup. I'm working on a final edit of my novel in process, Rare as Earth. A list, entitled "Scene Checker,"sits...
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FREE RANGE WRITERS
Dave Butler
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Pamela Beason
Gregory Zeigler
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- Dec 7, 2019
- 3 min
Maintaining Focus
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of books written by inexperienced writers, and this has made me think back to my early days as a novelist....
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- Nov 10, 2019
- 6 min
Fiction for the planet: renowned authors of environmental mysteries discuss passions and process.
We’re All in This Together - by Pamela Beason We have only one planet, and trillions of creatures need to live on it. Why should humans...
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- Oct 20, 2019
- 3 min
50 Shades of Gray
The Role of Theme and Plot in Environmental Mysteries By Dave Butler Building on Pam and Greg’s reflections on theme and plot, I find the...
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- Oct 13, 2019
- 4 min
This theme is deep (as in Grand Canyon deep) by Gregory Zeigler
As she is wont to do, Free Range Writer partner Pamela got me thinking about plots and themes in my novels. Let's look at my first, That...
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- Oct 7, 2019
- 2 min
Of Plots and Themes
Every novel has a plot, which is the story line (what happens). But most good novels also have a theme, which is the underlying message...
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- Sep 15, 2019
- 4 min
Wherefore Art Thou?
Following on the heels of Pam and Greg’s intriguing posts, I am often asked by readers and other writers about where I write. For me,...
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- Sep 8, 2019
- 3 min
A Few Tips and a War Story by Gregory Zeigler
I'm following my friend Pam's post with a few tips of my own about writing a novel. I'll conclude with a war story about the dreaded...
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- Sep 1, 2019
- 2 min
How I Write a Book
For some peculiar reason, people are often interested in how an author writes a book. All authors have to find the process that works...
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- Aug 17, 2019
- 5 min
Looking at the World
By Dave Butler Unlike Pam and Greg, I don’t have any specific experiences with private investigators. I haven’t worked as a PI, nor have...
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- Aug 11, 2019
- 2 min
So You Want To Write About A PI?
In my first novel, The Straw That Broke, I introduced Jake Goddard as a PI who had sort of fallen into the job through his work as an...
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- Aug 5, 2019
- 4 min
How My Experience as a PI Affects My Writing
I worked as a private investigator for more than ten years, and that experience definitely impacts how I write my mysteries.
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- Jul 28, 2019
- 2 min
My Harrowing Experience in the Great Outdoors – by Dave Butler
When you spend time in wild areas as the three of us do, you’re bound to run into trouble once in a while. We thought we’d pick our most...
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- Jul 21, 2019
- 3 min
My Harrowing Experience in the Beautiful (and Sometimes Scary as Hell) Outdoors - By Gregory Zeigler
What do you do when you're kayaking down a river canyon and your kayak breaks in half?
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- Jul 15, 2019
- 3 min
My Most Harrowing Experience in the Great Outdoors – by Pamela Beason
Don't go backpacking where snakes are denning for the winter!
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- Jul 7, 2019
- 3 min
Home Landscapes (by Dave Butler)
When I began collaborating with Pamela Beason and Greg Zeigler in Free Range Writers (FRW), they immediately set my mind to thinking...
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- Jun 30, 2019
- 2 min
The Cow Has Spoken by Gregory Zeigler
One glorious day last April. This morning around 7 a.m. before firing up my espresso machine I stopped at the window in our living room....
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- Jun 23, 2019
- 2 min
Why I Set Mysteries in Wild Places - by Pamela Beason
This is such a beautiful planet, and we share it with so many amazing creatures. I want to experience all the natural wonders I can.
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- Jun 13, 2019
- 6 min
Introducing the Free Range Writers
Welcome to the inaugural post of Free Range Writers (FRW), a unique collaboration between writers Greg Zeigler, Pamela Beason, and Dave...
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