by Pamela Beason | Mar 24, 2014 | Everyday Chaos, The Writing Life
I just returned from four days at Left Coast Crime in beautiful Monterey, California, and I am exhausted. I can’t decide whether my fatigue is from multiple mornings when I had to arise at 3:30 a.m. to make my flight, or because I’m an introvert and crowds...
by Pamela Beason | Mar 10, 2014 | Natural Wonders, The Writing Life
After a surprisingly heavy snowfall (for my coastal area), I decided to pull on my hiking boots and stroll the 1.5 miles to my favorite park while the scenery was coated in white. The trail was only a bit slippery and the frosting of snow made thick woods and...
by Pamela Beason | Mar 2, 2014 | Everyday Chaos, The Writing Life
When I heard about the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in Seattle this year, I was 1) perplexed about why I didn’t already know about it and 2) eager to go investigate. So I signed up to help out with a vendor booth–Chanticleer...
by Pamela Beason | Jan 21, 2014 | Natural Wonders, The Writing Life
I was recently asked to do a talk about why the wilderness makes a good setting for novels, so I decided to write a post about it here. Reason #1 – I’m passionate about wild places and want to share my love of them with an audience. I can rhapsodize about my...
by Pamela Beason | Jan 12, 2014 | Everyday Chaos, The Writing Life
No matter how I try to avoid it, I get stalled sometime in January every year. The days are short, the holidays are over (thank God), the weather is generally miserable, and I’m stuck in the tedium of end-of-previous-year paperwork for my three businesses....