As I sit down to write, I’m remembering that game we used to play as kids—the one where someone starts by saying, “I’m going on a trip and in my bag I packed…” You sit in a circle, and the starter names one item with each player listing previous items in turn and then adding…
Tag: Margaret Mizushima
Rocky Mountain Writer #82
Margaret Mizushima & The Timber Creek K-9 Mystery Series It’s been about 17 months since we had Margaret Mizushima on the Rocky Mountain Writer podcast, way back on episode number 23. At the time, her debut novel Killing Trail was a few weeks from publication and the buzz was just building for the Timber Creek…
GET READY – GET SET – GET GOING! … by Margaret Mizushima
Colorado Gold Conference is scheduled for September 8-10 this year, and that might seem like a long time away. But it’s not. Many members of RMFW met our agents and editors at Colorado Gold. And now is the perfect time to focus your writerly energy and creativity on your work-in-progress, set goals, and determine your…
Getting to Know You: The RMFW Member Q&A Project #2
The Getting to Know You Project is intended to introduce RMFW members with short responses to three questions, a photo, and a few social media links if available. If you would like to participate in the project for future months, please email Pat Stoltey at blog@rmfw.org Terri Benson Website: http://www.terribensonwriter.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terri.benson.104?fref=ts 1. We know…
Which is Stranger—Truth or Fiction? … by Margaret Mizushima
“Humankind cannot take too much reality.” ~T.S. Elliott I love it when a grizzled detective on Dateline or 48 Hours shakes his head in amazement and says to the interviewer, “This crime is so twisted. You can’t make this kind of stuff up.” As a mystery writer, I can’t help but think, Oh, but we…