by Pamela Beason | Dec 5, 2011 | Natural Wonders
I grew up addicted to Jacques Cousteau books and TV shows about marine exploration, and I always wanted to scuba dive (and date men with French accents, but you can’t have everything). Unfortunately, I grew up mostly in Kansas and Oklahoma, which are not known...
by Pamela Beason | Nov 20, 2011 | The Writing Life
I often work as an editor as well as a writer. While there are many errors that I see over and over again that make my eyes cross, I thought I’d highlight the most common ones here, because a) they make a writer look unprofessional and b) they are easy to fix,...
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 | Nov 2, 2011 | Everyday Chaos, The Writing Life
There’s nothing more boring than reading about characters who have no flaws. Why? Because they don’t seem human, of course. Even if your character is a werewolf or from another planet, as readers we want to feel that we have something in common. And if...
by Pamela Beason | Oct 26, 2011 | Natural Wonders, The Writing Life
I have two Advanced Reading Copies of my new mystery, ENDANGERED, to give away to two visitors who post the most entertaining answer to my question. The book takes place in the backcountry of a Utah park, the plot involves cougars, and I’m an outdoorsy gal, so I...
by Pamela Beason | Oct 9, 2011 | The Writing Life
I once started to read a book by a mystery author that I wanted to like, but she started off with a scuba scene in which a diver was attacked by a predatory manta ray that tried to rip the tank from her back. I put the book down, and I haven’t read anything by...
by Pamela Beason | Sep 23, 2011 | The Writing Life
Does the drifter know anything? That’s what it says at the top of a page of writing notes (okay, scribbles) that I found in my desk drawer. I’d give anything to find out if the drifter knows anything. As a matter of fact, I’d give anything to know...
by Pamela Beason | Sep 18, 2011 | Everyday Chaos, The Writing Life
I saw a great blog post the other day about using music to motivate yourself to get off your butt and get out and exercise. That got me thinking about music and how I use it. I frequently want to put myself into a certain frame of mind for writing. This doesn’t...
by Pamela Beason | Apr 4, 2011 | The Writing Life
National Wildlife Week passed a couple of weeks ago and I was feeling insanely jealous of people who are actually out in the wilderness studying wild animals. During the winter or early spring, I usually take a scuba trip to the tropics to commune with marine...
by Pamela Beason | Jan 12, 2011 | Natural Wonders, The Writing Life
The other day I was watching a documentary about the making of a movie called Born Free. Some of you (the older ones) will remember that Born Free was a best-selling book by Joy Adamson about raising Elsa, an orphaned lion cub, and then later returning her to the...
