by Pamela Beason | Oct 18, 2013 | Everyday Chaos, Private Investigator, The Writing Life
Is everyone’s life as chaotic as mine? Yeesh, I hope not. In truth, my brain is in fairly good shape. Generally speaking, I can find what I’m looking for there. My physical surroundings are the problem. See, I have three different jobs—freelance writer/editor,...
by Pamela Beason | Feb 14, 2012 | Everyday Chaos, Private Investigator
Everyone who finds out that I am a private investigator as well as an author asks me two things: Is the work fun? What do you do as a PI? You might be surprised by the range of activities a PI carries out in any given year. Some investigators specialize in only one or...
by Pamela Beason | Nov 10, 2011 | Private Investigator, The Writing Life
Here are a few of the most important points I’ve learned from being a PI and how they affect my writing: There’s More Than One Side to Any Story – As a matter of fact, there are as many “sides” as there are people involved. Take a bar...
by Pamela Beason | Aug 21, 2010 | Natural Wonders
These days, half my friends are unemployed and out of money; the rest are groaning about being overloaded at their dead-end jobs. I’m self-employed, have some money in the bank, and manage to land several hours of paid work each week, but not enough to make what any...
by Pamela Beason | Aug 16, 2010 | Everyday Chaos, Natural Wonders
In any given week, I play a lot of different roles. I am self-employed, and in this economy I have to work at two businesses to pay the bills. I am a contract writer and editor, working on projects that range from creative stage plays to online help systems for...