All I have for you today is a book recommendation. Even if you’re primarily a fiction writer, you may have the opportunity to submit personal essays to anthologies or magazines from time to time. And you may want to blog about the world-changing events in your life. Those blog posts qualify as personal essays too. …Read More
Longmire Days in Wyoming and other stuff
Longmire Days This is one event I wish I could attend. Longmire Days will be held August 17 and 18 in Buffalo, Wyoming. If you don’t know who Longmire is, you must not be a mystery reader. The television show, based on author Craig Johnson’s wonderful Sheriff Walt Longmire series, is a popular summer series …Read More
Some Good Stuff for You Today
Talk to the Paw Karen Duvall, who will be a weekly contributor to the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog, begins her series “Talk to the Paw” about writers and their pets. We humans are going to view these posts as humor, but I can assure you the pets are taking it very seriously. Even cranky …Read More
Check out the new Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog
The new blog launches today with “Why Should Authors Care About Screenwriting” from Trai Cartwright. In addition to the great lineup of regular contributors including Mike Befeler, Julie Kazimer, Karen Duvall (see their bios on the contributor page) and more, starting in September we’ll feature a few guest bloggers each month. We’ll be posting Monday …Read More
No Guest Blogger This Week
That’s okay. It’s going to work out well because I’ll send you over to the first post of the new Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog which launches tomorrow with a piece on why writers should care about screenwriting from Trai Cartwright. And now that I look more closely at my guest schedule, I see more …Read More
I Don’t Know What to Write Next
I’m in that weird stage of writing where I’ve just finished one first draft and am returning to an older manuscript to whip it into final shape for a submission. After that, I can start working on the first draft revisions. However, I belong to a critique group and we prefer to review new stuff …Read More
Feeling Groovy
I am feeling groovy. 1. We’re launching the brand-new Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog on August 1st. Accessible through the RMFW website, the blog will feature a wide variety of contributors on a wide variety of topics. I’m one of the editors and will be mostly lurking behind the scenes, but might occasionally post articles …Read More
Editing — The Sequel by Richard S. Keller
I’ll bet you thought you’d never see Rich here on this blog again after last time when he wrote about Self-Promoting My Self Promotion. Or the time before that with Show and Tell, But Opposite. Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but he’s back. Color me crazy, but I have a major weakness for Rich’s brand of …Read More
CURSES! Foiled by a Priest… by Susan Spann
Susan Spann is a transactional attorney and former law school professor whose practice focuses on publishing law and business. She has a deep interest in Asian culture and has studied Mandarin and Japanese. Her hobbies include Asian cooking, fencing, traditional archery, martial arts, rock climbing, and horseback riding. She keeps a marine aquarium where she …Read More
TA DA (and notes about this week’s guests)
Here’s the TA DA: Finally, finally, finally…. I have finished the truly horrid first draft of my new manuscript. It was supposed to be suspense, but it looks more like a mystery. It was supposed to be standalone, but the ending sets it up for a sequel…or even a series. And its temporary title is …Read More
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