Denitta Ward & Somewhere Still Denitta Ward will tell you that she did it all backwards. But she got on the path to publication earlier this year when took RMFW’s online course about self-publishing, taught by Lisa Price Manifold. The result? The publication of her first novel, Somewhere Still, in November. Denitta is a member of…
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.
Shout-Outs!
1. How about that Western Slope chapter of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers? Last Saturday morning, 28 writers gathered for a three-hour workshop. They came from Grand Junction and all over, from Meeker to Montrose. Energy, enthusiasm, eagerness? In abundance. All sorts of writers—and half were non-RMFW members. Shout out to Vicki Law for the idea…
Rocky Mountain Writer #108
Pat Stoltey & Wishing Caswell Dead Pat Stoltey’s fourth novel comes out in just a few short weeks (Dec. 20) and it’s been quite a ride. Revised and revised some more, Pat says that one point she realized she had written the life out of her characters. So she backed up and started over again…
Rocky Mountain Writer #107
Kevin Wolf & Brokeheart This time, a story of going with the flow. After writing for more than a decade, Kevin Wolf won a major award in a writing contest and the prize included a contract with none other than St. Martin’s Press. That led to the publication, last year, of Kevin’s first novel, The Homeplace. …
Rocky Mountain Writer #106
Saytchyn Maddux-Creech & Writing Short Stories Are you comfortable writing short stories? Have you thought about it, but don’t know how or where to begin? Well, Saytchyn Maddux-Creech is teaching a 15-day online class called, Write An Amazing Short Story in Two Weeks. The course is being offered online through RMFW-U beginning Dec. 2. On the…