A long time ago I wrote a funny little piece about an insecure writer who had been writing in secret because she was afraid to let anyone know what she was doing. If her husband asked why she was spending hours in the closet, her response was, “Oh, just sorting clothes. Sorting takes a long …Read More
Life is Not a Bowl of Cherries
And a bunch of coconuts is not lovely. Who writes these song lyrics anyway? This is one of the reasons I don’t listen to music while I’m writing. I can’t help listening to lyrics, and sometimes the lyrics confound me. I try to analyze them, figure out what the lyricist was trying to say. Like …Read More
Online class “Building a Better Book” starts Monday
One of our favorite Colorado writing instructors, Trai Cartwright, is teaching an online class for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers starting Monday. A popular instructor for Northern Colorado Writers classes, Trai now brings her expertise to a wider audience with the RMFW Blog and online classes. Here’s the scoop: Building a Better BookPresented by Trai Cartwright2 …Read More
The winner is…
The winner of an ebook copy of Kim McMahill’s novel Shrouded in Secrets is John Paul McKinney Congratulations, John!
Research in Fiction by Kim McMahill
Many genres within the fiction umbrella require an amazing amount of research. When I gravitated away from writing travel and human interest articles and began focusing on adventure fiction, I was surprised to find myself doing as much or more research than I did for my articles. Fiction is still a product of the author’s …Read More
I’m Picking Grapes Today
Most of today I’ll be harvesting our Concord grapes and getting them ready to make something good. I cut down the bunches and dump them in a bucket. When I have a full bucket, I bring them inside and rinse them well under running water. I pull them off the stems, pop them into a …Read More
Hairdos and Chickens? What’s That All About?
Join me over at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Blog where we editors, Julie Luek and myself, chat about such things as high school hairdos and gathering eggs on the farm (or not). Our joint post is called “Introducing the Only-Slightly-Frazzled Blog Editors, Julie and Pat.”
The Real Jersey Shore by Rosie Genova
If your only knowledge of the Jersey Shore comes via a certain MTV reality show—which partially inspired my mystery plot, by the way—I hope you’ll indulge me for bit. I’d like to talk about the real Jersey shore, the one that I grew up with and one for which I have great affection. It also …Read More
That Goodreads Thing That’s Going On
As you know, I don’t discuss controversial issues such as politics and religion on this site. I’m a lot more interested in books and authors. So when controversy and books/authors come together with a big bang, I’m conflicted. It’s the Goodreads thing. I’m sure you know all about it. If not, check out these posts: …Read More
Still Recovering from the Colorado Gold Conference
I’m not sure how it got to be Tuesday already. I’m still scrambling to get caught up on tasks, but I can at least report my five best experiences at this year’s Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Writers’ Conference in Denver. 1. I received a Gold Nugget Award for my volunteer efforts to get …Read More
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