Kevin Wolf & The Homeplace Kevin Wolf is on the podcast this week right before the launch of his first novel, a Colorado-based mystery called The Homeplace. Kevin won the Tony Hillerman prize for this book last year and the reward was a publication deal with St. Martin’s Press. Kevin talks about his experiences with…
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 #54
Writer of the Year Panel at The Tattered Cover This episode is a live recording of the Thursday, Aug. 18 panel at the Tattered Cover featuring Writer of the Year finalists Mark Stevens, Christine Goff and Carol Berg and Independent Writer of the Year finalists Lisa Manifold and Nathan Lowell. The third “iWOTY” finalist, Sue…
Rocky Mountain Writer #53
Shannon Baker & Stripped Bare The guest this time is Shannon Baker, author of Stripped Bare, the first in the Kate Fox mystery series. Set in the isolated cattle country of the Nebraska Sandhills, it’s been called “Longmire meets The Good Wife.” Shannon Baker also writes the Nora Abbott mystery series (Midnight Ink), a fast-paced mix of Hopi Indian mysticism,…
Rocky Mountain Writer #52
Dylan Yates & Vocal Training for Writers On the podcast this time is vocal coach Dylan Yates, who is giving a master class for writers at Colorado Gold in September. Yes, writers, at some point, must also get out there and talk. Dylan Yates is also the author of an award-winning novel, The Belief in Angels….
Your Character’s Umvelt
What is your character’s umwelt? Yes, umwelt. Pronounced OOM-velt. I came across this concept while reading Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz. (If you have a dog, like dogs, are curious about dogs and dog behavior, it’s a fascinating book.) Anyway, the idea of the umwelt came from an early 20th Century German biologist…