John E. Stith & Pushback Every now and then, writing gets “sidetracked by life.” Just ask John E. Stith. After a productive stretch of writing mystery-tinged science fiction novels in the 1980’s and 1990’s, life got in the way. So writing took an understandable hiatus. But now, John Stith is back and looking forward to…
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 #117
Chris Goff & Writing Mysteries During Fraught Times This coming Saturday—March 3—the Colorado Book Festival descends on the downtown Denver Public Library with a full day of talks and panels. The day is being organized by our friends at the Colorado Authors League but, of course, there is good representation from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers,…
Rocky Mountain Writer #116
Alissa Johnson & Setting Achievable Goals Award winning writer and WritingStrides coach Alissa Johnson recently presented to the Western Slope branch in Grand Junction and she will give RMFW’s free monthly talk in March, “Writing Reset: Setting Achievable Goals.” (That workshop is Saturday, March 17 in Denver.) On the podcast, Alissa talks with guest interviewer Natasha…
Rocky Mountain Writer #115
Mike Houtz & Dark Spiral Down Mike Houtz just signed a deal with Wild Rose Press to publish his first novel, Dark Spiral Down. The deal wouldn’t have happened had Mike not signed up for one of the key features at every Colorado Gold conference—to pitch to the many agents and editors who fly into…
Rocky Mountain Writer #114
Pamela Nowak & Colorado Gold Workshop Proposals In the words of Pamela Nowak, there are “tough decisions” ahead. That’s because she and her committee will receive three times as many proposals for workshops at Colorado Gold than she has room to book. Yes, planning for the 2018 edition of September’s Colorado Gold conference is well…