Pamela Beason's Blog, page 8

What Does the Drifter Know? (My writer's journey, updated one year later.)

 

Question or Exclamation?

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 who the drifter is.

The most troubling aspect of this question is that this note is definitely in my handwriting. Perhaps the query refers to my grandpa-may-have-been-a-serial-killer screenplay, since there are other cryptic...

The Power of Music (or of the Lack of It)

Nope, this is not me.

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 always mesh well with my everyday life. Some mornings my blood pressure is elevated after listening to a political discussion on the radio while I brush my teeth. (Don't get me started on the us-versus-them game...

Living in the Moment: Wildlife is Everywhere

African lion I hope to see later this year

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 wildlife, but this year my writing schedule (three mysteries for Berkley Prime Crime) and my contracts as an editor and private investigator have kept me homebound. Plus, I'm saving all my...

Incredible Places I Have Been

A lioness

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 wilds of Kenya. That book became an award-winning movie with a musical score that is still occasionally heard today. (Yes, that is what that Born Free song was actually all about. Born free, as free as the wind blows, as...