Our author today is new to the Enid Writers Club and is quickly making a name for herself. She is an excellent writer, as you can see in her piece in the anthology, https://www.amazon.com/Prose-Colored-Glasses-Enid-Writers/dp/B0BD2BK1T9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1H328Q2XURJKJ&keywords=prose+colored+glasses+book+enid+writers+club&qid=1669148845&sprefix=%2Caps%2C407&sr=8-1 and she is a great volunteer for committees. Please meet Pam Courtney.
What genre(s) do you read, and why?
Since retiring more than one year ago, I’ve enjoyed reading historical fiction novels emphasizing the use of biblical characters. Previously, nonfiction books, mostly biographies, cluttered my bedside nightstand for evening reads.
What’s your writing schedule? Do you write every day?
My writing schedule still varies depending on other commitments. I had hoped retirement would grant the extra time needed to not only write more consistently, but to also research and develop story ideas. No, I’m not writing daily yet, but I am progressing toward that goal. My current schedule fluctuates from daily to less often as it relates to the whole process including the research, contemplation, organization, and actually punching out story ideas on the keyboard. Oh, and of course, there’s those revisions; sometimes again, and again. For me, the entire process is moving forward, and that makes me smile.
Give us a glimpse of the surroundings where you write. Separate room? In the kitchen? At the dining room table?
For the last six years, my home has been a parsonage in a nearby rural town where my husband pastors a church. The parsonage features a large family room with multiple windows and lots of light. I love that room. It’s where our family gathers for holiday meals, and Sunday lunches. It’s also my favorite place to research and write. I’m usually in my recliner, feet up, and a cup of black coffee in hand. Otherwise, if I need more space, I’m at a long dining table in that same happy room.
What 3 words describes you, the writer?
Desire to inspire
If you could hang out with any literary character from any book penned at any time, who would it by, why, and what would you do together?
The story of my favorite literary character, Joseph, is recorded by Moses, in the book of Genesis in the Bible. Although he lived in ancient times, his life’s story has inspired me over and over again. He experienced great losses, and all forms of undeserved mistreatment; yet by his faith, he became one of the most powerful men in the world at that time.
Although we currently live in a different age than Joseph, as a human, the heartache of neglect, other forms of abuse and unfair treatment, as Joseph experienced, continues in our world today. If I could spend time with Joseph, I would appreciate interviewing him further with questions about how he kept his faith alive; did he ever believe he would ever see his patriarch father again? When did he begin to realize his misfortune would one day be the very catalyst to spare the lives of so many others; and what would he say to us today to inspire such faith in God?
Great answers! Thanks, Pam, for letting us get to know you a little better.
What are you reading/writing this week?
This week I am interviewing Martha Draper, long time member and Vice President of the Enid Writer’s Club. Martha has pieces in the club’s anthology, Prose Colored Glasses 
To celebrate my writing club’s diamond anniversary and publication of our anthology, I wanted to interview the authors of the book, Prose Colored Glasses. Today’s author is Dan Biby and his work is in the book, Prose Colored Glasses 
I once again have a brave author from the Enid Writing Club who has come forward to be interviewed. My writing club, the Enid Writers Club, will be 100 years old January 6, 2023, and the interviews are part of our celebration. Our author this week is Paula Benge.
My writing club, the Enid Writers Club, will be 100 years old January 6, 2023. We have accomplished a few things in celebration of this event and one of them is to publish an anthology. We gave each author a certain number of pages in the book to showcase their talent and then listed them alphabetically by last name. Our first author is James C. Arnold.
It’s almost Halloween and time for a little spookiness. I wrote a novella a few years ago that was set in Vermont during the fall at a quaint inn. Penny is running away from something or maybe running to something else. Time will tell. But even a witch needs a little advice now and then.
Yesterday was full of fun! I started the morning with a workshop hosted by the Enid Writers Club. We had 3 dynamic speakers: Stephen Jones, John T. Biggs, and Rilla Askew. There were about 35 people in attendance at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church and we enjoyed the intimate setting. I met some new people and as always gathered some new ideas.
Happy fall! It has finally cooled off in Oklahoma and we are hoping for some rain. But the temperatures are wonderful. Sweater weather has arrived.
I did a girl thing this week—a mother/daughter/cousin thing. And we had so much fun! My daughter and I flew to Oakland, California and stayed at my cousin’s daughter’s (would she be a cousin or second cousin?) house and then drove to Sonoma, California for wine tasting. We had a darling Airbnb and shopped, tasted wine, and ate fabulous food. The youngest of the bunch did the driving in California and we saw San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge from a distance. We toured the Jack London home/museum and his surrounding ranch. We sampled wine from exquisite cellars. My cousin and daughter might or might not have gotten lost in a hedge maze. (We could hear them giggling so we knew they would eventually come back.)
When my first child was two years old, I enrolled in a yoga class at the local church. They had continuing education classes and that seemed like a good idea for a stressed-out mother of a two-year-old. And I loved it. It gave me stress relief and I soon found out it also enhanced my strength. I had never been an athlete, but I soon learned how much better I felt when I exercised.
Peggy Chambers "Views from the Hammock" site 