In a few short weeks, we will announce and celebrate the winners of this year’s Colorado Gold Literary Awards. Congratulations and best of luck to all of the finalists. Thank you to all of the judges. This post is for anyone who may be wondering: what does it take to win a literary contest? First,…
More awards, most of which no one has ever heard of. Training involves writing sprints, editing marathons and lots of literary gymnastics. Potential injuries include carpal tunnel, blurred vision and caffeine overdose. Even when you win, you’re not sure why, but when you lose, it was definitely rigged. Events take place in the corner of…
In my MFA program, I learned about hybrid forms as a common technique in experimental literary fiction and poetry, but lately I’ve noticed it more often in the genre fiction I read. In his most recent novel, Horror Movie, Paul Tremblay interweaves scenes from a fictional screenplay with traditional prose. Brian McAuley uses the same…
I recently had the privilege of moderating a discussion between a local author and an inaugural book club in Silverthorne. After the two hour dialogue, my author friend and I shared our impressions over a glass of wine. Number one take-away: most readers are not writers and therefore say things we would never say to…
With one week left before the deadline to enter the Colorado Gold Literary Awards, we are receiving more entries every day. I’m not here to discuss procrastination (plenty of other posts have already been written about that) but rather what a writer might be doing in those final days before a deadline, be it for…