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....
by Pamela Beason | Dec 27, 2013 | Everyday Chaos, Natural Wonders, The Writing Life
People who know my books know that there will always be a lot of animals in my stories. Why? Because there are a lot of animals in my life, and I hope there always will be. Most of these creatures are wildlife, not pets, although of course I tell my cats they are my...
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 | Sep 26, 2013 | Natural Wonders, The Writing Life
I have looming deadlines for several projects and I’ve been out of town a lot recently, so I should have been parked in front of my computer today writing and editing and sleuthing away. But the sun was shining and the forecast is for rain and it’s late...
by Pamela Beason | Aug 29, 2013 | Natural Wonders, The Writing Life
I find it odd when readers ask me where I get my ideas. But maybe that’s just me. I have always said that I don’t expect life to be easy or consistently pleasant, but I darn well expect it to be interesting. And I do my best to make it that way. I...