Pam Portland, novelist and blogger

Finally! I'm rolling out my latest novel beginning in 2026. It's the 4th and final #OnTheForest adventure entitled "A Girl Who Could Burn." ©2025 Start your weekend with the latest serial every Saturday morning. You can also find links to my first three novels here: pamportland.org/ontheforest/

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#MTPol Vote for Amy Eddy for MT Supreme Court!

Next month's proposed prompts, #TimeTravelAuthors! Please let me know if you spot any errors. (Especially @naramoore (thoughtI asked you on the Fediverse and usually interact with you over there) and @miwwdu-sitsom? Are your questions OK?)

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

If you’re serious about protecting Montana agriculture and tourism revenue, you better be serious about fighting climate change. #mtpol Full conversation hosted by Last Best Voice: www.facebook.com/share/v/19Zh...

Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Yes, I know the sun is now setting before I get home from work, but the views on the drive are lovely.

My coworker: We should use AI to reorganize our website so it makes more sense. Me: Where will AI gather the information it needs?

Alert to the thirsty masses: @samforstag.bsky.social is joining me and Leah on What's the Plan today at 3pm ET to chat about this race! Join us! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

wait a democrat is polling +3 in montana’s congressional race and he is a smokejumper that looks like this? why has no one told the thirsty masses?

"He takes on the powerful." "He does the right thing." Hear from @abdulelsayed.bsky.social's grandparents Jan and Judy in our new ad.

This ad is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

The Abduction of Persephone, by Nicola Maria Rossi, early 18th c

I bought a six-pack of cozy socks and NONE of them had those little plastic tags connecting them to each other. I’m in love!

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day19 Absolutely! My FMC is able to hide and blend in with the local culture. If she were male, she’d have a harder time being transparent (and possibly seductive).

early voting in texas starts today. time to get out there and cast your goddang ballot.

join me for a secret sunday soft launch of my new website. i would love to get your feedback. www.wecanbeavillage.com

a few people reached out about having miles, and I just want to plug our form filling this out will put you in our donor form, and a volunteer will reach out when we have a need that matches your miles we are all volunteer-run so this keeps our process tidy

It's the 2026 #adventuresoflollipop holiday market schedule! "Shop Lollipop" this holiday season!

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day17 #Chapter2 “Patrick, don’t #treat me like I’m an idiot. I may not understand the numbers and formula and all that code you have written, but I know this project is huge.”

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and then post a picture of a boat you like. We weren’t the only ones on the ocean returning from Dry Tortugas National Park

I ordered this cute French Bulldog pin online for my friend for Christmas. This is why I start shopping in October.

I don’t get this. I have yet to figure out anything that AI can do to make my home or work life better. I’m thoroughly unimpressed. How do people blow this kind of money?

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day15 I have yet to have any marketing success, weird or otherwise.

Reading Rainbow is back! 📚🌈 ☺️ We are happy to announce that Reading Rainbow is back on October 16th and will be premiering on the official Reading Rainbow YouTube channel! Get ready for a new season of learning, stories, and fun!

A little bit of recentism here, but I've been impressed by Helene Wecker. For three books she's kept about four parallel plots going and none of them get in the way of the other.

Subplots, hosted by @kww.bsky.social #WriteStuff

Sounds like dangling is approved! #WriteStuff

#WriteStuff A6 I may be the wrong person to ask, since my main stories tend to NOT conclude. But no, subplots don't need to resolve neatly. They can, and it can make for a fun story. But it isn't necessary

#Writestuff A5 Yeah, I led the witness there. But for everyone struggling, this is the key. You have supporting characters to interact with your main character and those interactions have to have a foundation. If you can't get that foundation in your main plot, build it with a subplot.

#WriteStuff Q4 ( #CourtroomGhost) Well, I can't speak to everyone's taste in role models, but mine is Holly Lisle. www.hollyswritingclasses.com if you're interested.

#WriteStuff A3 Subplots could enhance the story by seeing the same issues from different character's points of view. For instance, Ethan sees Gabrielle space out at Zomnibus, the zombie rave in Salem, MA. From her POV, she's seeing a horrifying vision which will happen shortly and she's terrified.

Zelensky is awesome 👇

Woke up early and couldn’t sleep, so I messaged two companies whose websites recently were too limiting for me to place an order. When trying to get the website issues resolved by phone, both failed when speaking to real people, too.

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day13 I know that if it were me, I would LOVE to hang out with the two male characters my FMC meets in the past.

Going into the midterms with this energy 💙

Some mornings I wake up with an opening chapter in my head. Let's see what comes next.

I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.

Happy International Day of the Girl from the girls of #adventuresoflollipop !

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#TimeTravelAuthors #Day11 Although it’s not the premiere time travel film, I like “Kate and Leopold” bc the FMC chooses to go back in time and stay there.

Playtime!

#TimeTravelAuthors #Day9 Curious... I think it might be my main character. Although, as the story progresses, it might be one of my MMCs.

I just bought concert tickets. I'm super excited! Judge me accordingly. #WhippedCream #OtherDelights #ATasteOfHoney