If there’s one thing I never want to hear about my stories it’s that they’re “hard to finish.”
Tag: genres
Rocky Mountain Writer #140
Joy Meredith – Three Finalist Entries in Colorado Gold Every year, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers runs a contest for unpublished writers. It’s called Colorado Gold and the winners are announced during the annual conference (coming up this weekend, Sept. 6 through 9). There are five categories in the contest and, for each of the categories there…
Double-Dipping Genres
A member of my critique group is wondering if creating a pseudonym for certain genres would bring better sales. That same author is itching to write in more than one genre at the same time, under the same name. Here are some thoughts to consider. If you have an uninspiring name for the type of…
The Sub-Genre Rabbit Hole
By Pamela Nowak I feel as if I fell down a rabbit hole. But instead of Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dee, I encountered a score of similarly-dressed fiction sub-genres. They were nearly identical. Here and there, one had a sash or hat or tie or button that was a different color. Looking closely, I could see…