Marc Graham & Runes for Writers Futhark, the Runic aplphabet, is a key component in Marc Graham’s process known as Runes for Writers. The ancient system helps storytellers more easily access the realm of ideas, the world of the Muses, the Source of Story. By integrating left- and right-brain activity, Marc’s process seeks to open…
Author: Mark Stevens
Rocky Mountain Writer #146
False Faces: Live at The Tattered Cover This episode of the Rocky Mountain Writer is a live recording of the event held at Tattered Cover on Oct. 25th to celebrate the release of False Faces, the latest short story anthology from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. The hosts for the evening were editors Angie Hodapp and…
Rocky Mountain Writer #145
Tim Weed: A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing Tim Weed’s recent short story collection, A Field Guide to Murder & Fly-Fishing, was recently released as an audio book, following the paperback release earlier this year and the hardback release in 2017. The collection made the 2018 Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize Shortlist and…
Rocky Mountain Writer #144
Laurence MacNauhgton & No Sleep ‘Til Doomsday It’s not often we get an excuse to include discussion of the theremin here on the Rocky Mountain Writer, so we had to jump at the chance when Laurence MacNaughton mentioned he’s been fiddling around with the strange musical device. In addition to the theremin, his new book No…
One Little Dialogue Tip
I’m here with a quick tip for writing dialogue. It’s nothing new, but it really grabbed me this time around. It’s something I noticed while reading Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give. It’s a stirring book, and yeah, it’s Thomas’s first novel. Twenty-five hundred reviews on Amazon; five solid stars. Praise is pouring in from…