By Joe Moore For those of you who like fish—raising, not eating—there are few more beautiful and easy to care for than a betta fighting fish. They come from Thailand and can live in as little water as what’s left … Continue reading
Never wait for trouble. —Chuck Yeager * * * “Aviate. Navigate. Communicate.” When I was taking private pilot lessons, my instructor drilled this three-word phrase into me in every lesson as essential to successful flying. Although you need to keep … Continue reading
For years, my library colleagues would ask when I was going to write that library mystery. Afterall, I read mysteries, was a writer, and worked at library, so it seemed like a natural fit to them. While I thought about … Continue reading
by Debbie Burke Welcome to Part 3 of the rundown on the Flathead River Writers Conference. If you missed anything, here are links to Part 1 and Part 2. In Part 1, emcee Kathy Dunnehoff observed that normally introverted writers … Continue reading
Every writer has heard of writer’s block. Whether they believe in it or not, it’s been part of the conversation and lore around writing for a very long time. One of my favorite movies about fiction writing, Throw Momma From … Continue reading
by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell The sun was shining, the sky was blue (sorry, Elmore, for starting with the weather). So I decided to take a walk to Trader Joe’s. At checkout the pleasant young lady asked, “How’s your day … Continue reading
Are there rules for writers? Some say yes, some say no, while some say rules are meant to be broken. I believe there are rules. Perhaps they are really more like guidelines, to paraphrase Hector Barbossa from Pirates of the … Continue reading
by Debbie Burke July is the height of berry season in Montana. With so much bounty ripening at the same time, it’s sometimes hard to remember how long it takes for plants to grow and mature to produce an abundance … Continue reading
by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell Recently, I was the subject of a silent auction at a writers conference. The item was a detailed critique of the first 3k words of a novel. The winner sent me her pages and I … Continue reading
by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell As storytellers, what do we know? We know that people love to escape into stories in order to get some relief from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, aka life. And we know that … Continue reading