First off, happy, happy Valentine’s day! Now let’s quit the mushy stuff and focus on writing. How does what happened yesterday affect your story? I’ll give you two examples to consider. Example #1 – You based a story in Southern California in 1979 with a teen girl as your protagonist. A coming of age story….
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The Greatest Blogpost Ever Posted
So this is going to be the last RMFW blog post that I’m doing for a bit. I told Patricia Stoltey and Julie Kazimer that I’m stepping down. I just can’t juggle it all. So I promised Ms. Kazimer thatI would write the greatest blogpost ever. I thought about calling it “The Greatest Story Ever…
It’s About Who You Know: The Truth About Successful Publishing
I won’t claim to know what makes a successful writer. I do know what it takes to be a working one. Let me start this post by dropping a little knowledge: A working writer is a writer who works. I know, right? Who knew? A working write writes. They often write a lot. I’m a…
The RMFW Spotlight is Shining on Volunteer Julie Kazimer
1. Welcome to the RMFW Spotlight series, Julie. Tell us what you do for RMFW and why you are involved. I don’t do nearly as much as others do, nor do I feel like I do enough, so thank you, Pat, for asking me to answer these very intrusive questions about myself. I do a…
Know-It-All: The Art or Plague of Research
POLL: How many of you know what the 47th tallest structure is? (No googling, you cheaters). I do. Does that make me brilliant or lame? I have no idea. But I do know it makes me a writer. You see, I, like you, look for the smallest, seemingly inconsequential detail to breathe reality into my…