Your book launch is like a ship christening, right? Pomp, circumstance. The whole bit. You invite as many people as you know, including every stranger you encounter in the weeks leading up. You bash yourself a little bit for not doing a better job of keeping your email lists tightly organized over the years. And,…
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 #92
Heather Webb & Deep Revision “Deep Revision – Making the Good Even Better” is the title of a master class being taught by Heather Webb at the RMFW Colorado Gold conference in September. On the podcast, Heather talks about the topics she’ll cover in those four hours of in-depth learning. Heather also gives us a…
Rocky Mountain Writer #91
Corinne O’Flynn & Ghosts of Witches Past Corinne O’Flynn is the unflappable conference chair for RMFW’s big three day conference, Colorado Gold, coming right up in early September. But of course, she is also a writer of fantasy and mystery. So this time on the podcast we have a dual-purpose interview, to catch up with…
Rocky Mountain Writer #90
Mario Acevedo & University of Doom Writer Mario Acevedo has written what he considers to be his favorite book. It’s called University of Doom and it’s a young-adult thriller from Hex Publishers. On the podcast, Mario talks about the fairly wild premise of University of Doom, featuring thirteen-year-old Alfonso Frankenstein and his father Eugino. Mario…
Independence Day
I grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The first house where we lived happened to be on the same road that Paul Revere followed on his famous ride. My parents used to wake us up on April 19 to watch the re-enactment of the ride. It was late, but I’m not sure if it was midnight….