Bees' Knees Creatives, LLC

09/11/2026

https://www.beeskneescreatives.com/the-buzz/where-an-idea-came-from

A writer traces an idea back to a beatitude and some surprising research on psychopathy in leadership.

09/09/2026

https://www.beeskneescreatives.com/the-buzz/my-fall-projects-article-just-hit-newsstands

A couple of weeks ago, an envelope of author copies showed up, and it took me a second to place them. Turns out I had good reason: the piece originally ran in Issue 13 of Backwoods Survival Guide back in 2021, and they reran it for Issue 39. I'd genuinely forgotten it existed until it landed on my

09/04/2026

https://www.beeskneescreatives.com/the-buzz/a-few-things-that-inspired-me-this-month

From golden jellyfish to a UV photography experiment to finishing a hundred pounds of limoncello, a look at what's been sparking ideas this month.

08/29/2026

https://www.beeskneescreatives.com/the-buzz/are-business-cards-becoming-obsolete

A graphic designer weighs digital business cards against print, from a mid-flight donation to a landscaper's card wedged in the door

08/22/2026

https://www.beeskneescreatives.com/the-buzz/what-im-working-on-this-month

An inside look at my current writing projects — editing a novel, outlining a new suspense book, and finishing two short stories along the way." (146 characters) or: "From final edits on my next novel to two new short stories, here's what's on my desk this month as a working fiction writer.

08/22/2026

https://www.beeskneescreatives.com/the-buzz/agx5k6rigygdzm9ioccqrlioy0olrc

Where the idea for A Rainy Day started, how Phoenix's water scarcity shaped the story, and why the title didn't show up until halfway through.

08/22/2026

https://www.beeskneescreatives.com/the-buzz/nine-years-multiple-fears-conquered

Liberty Wildlife just ran a Volunteer Spotlight on me, and re-reading it made me laugh at how far I’ve come! Nine years ago I started volunteering there, hoping to conquer a lifelong fear of birds, an irrational fear for which I squarely place the blame on Alfred Hitchcock!

08/21/2026

https://www.beeskneescreatives.com/the-buzz/photographing-through-glass-lessons-from-the-aquarium

Real settings, real mistakes, and what actually works for shooting through aquarium glass, from a day spent chasing otters, jellyfish, and sharks.

08/14/2026

https://www.beeskneescreatives.com/the-buzz/the-hawk-the-lizard-and-the-heron-i-almost-missed

The real stories behind three favorite wildlife shots: a Cooper's hawk, a desert spiny lizard, and a heron that stole the moment from a cormorant

08/09/2026

Where the idea for A Rainy Day started, how Phoenix's water scarcity shaped the story, and why the title didn't show up until halfway through.