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…
Author: Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens is the author of the The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023) and The Allison Coil Mystery Series including Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire, and The Melancholy Howl. Trapline won The Colorado Book Award for Best Mystery. Stevens has also published short stories in Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022), Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Mystery Tribune, among others. Stevens is longtime member of Mystery Writers of America. In 2023, Stevens was named Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers for the second time. He lives in southwest Colorado.
Rocky Mountain Writer #143
Todd Leatherman & Son Rise Todd Leatherman, who writes as TH Leatherman, published the third book in his ongoing sci-fi series earlier this month. It’s called Son Rise and it follows Marque of the Son, published last year, and The Burning Son, which debuted in 2016. Todd makes his home in Firestone, Colorado. He enjoys…
Rocky Mountain Writer #142
Live Report: 2018 Colorado Gold First-Timers Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ 2018 Colorado Gold Conference was held from Sept. 7 – 9 at The Renaissance Hotel in Denver. This year, podcast host Natasha Watts brought along her trusty recorder and tracked a trio of newbies. She checked in with them on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to…
Rocky Mountain Writer #141
David S. Atkinson & Roses Are Red, Violets Are Stealing Loose Change From My Pockets While I Sleep This time on the podcast, two short stories (well, flash fiction) and an interview with the writer, David S. Atinkson. David, who was last on the podcast more than 18 months ago, is the author of the…
Rocky Mountain Writer #140
Joy Meredith – Three Finalist Entries in Colorado Gold Every year, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers runs a contest for unpublished writers. It’s called Colorado Gold and the winners are announced during the annual conference (coming up this weekend, Sept. 6 through 9). There are five categories in the contest and, for each of the categories there…