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…
Author: Mark Stevens
Get Yourself A Network
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
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,…
Unpublished? Colorado Gold Literary Awards Contest is for You!
I choose to believe Colorado Gold will happen, come September. I choose to believe that we’ll figure out a new something by then—new rules of gathering, let’s say. I choose to believe we’ll start to put this pandemic behind us. And when Colorado Gold rolls around, if you’re an unpublished writer, you don’t want to…
The Podcast Needs You
I think The Rocky Mountain Writer podcast broke a record last month. In February, we had 757 downloads through February 24. I’m going to assume that’s for the three episodes posted in February—with guests Carol Berg, Kristy Ferrin, and Nathan Lowell. The stats were grabbed before the final February episode, with Kate Lansing, was posted…