Come fly away with me. (I’ve always wanted to say that. Or write that.) To Ireland. Next summer. I’ve been invited to teach for a week with Ireland Writer Tours. My co-instructor will be a fabulous literary agent, Moe Ferrara, with BookEnds. One week—and only a dozen writers in the entire group. Intimate? Personal? Yes…
It’s a cocky thing to say, but I’ll say it: I rarely get stuck when I’m writing. (Notice I didn’t say ‘never.’) If I feel slightly stuck, here’s what I do: I start writing down everything my character is feeling in the moment, in the “now” of that character’s situation. If the character isn’t feeling…
Did you get all July Fourthy this year? For me, not so much. It’s hard to feel that star-spangled pride when there’s so much strife, upset, misery, and death. The shine, this year, is off. Don’t worry. I’m not going to turn the RMFW blog into a political platform. But those brutal, long minutes in…
Are you new to writing fiction? Just starting to query agents and/or only now wrapping up your first novel? It’s never too early to start building your network. In fact, you can do a little something every day to get it going. And help it grow. Ten suggestions: Volunteer for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers or…
Real Writers Top 10 I’ve promoted them before and I’ll likely do it again, but the Scriptnotes Podcast (which focuses on screenwriting) is terrific stuff for regular old fiction writers, too. John August and Craig Mazin are writers first and screenwriters second. A wealth of insight. They make it easy to skip the industry stuff,…