Paul McCartney just turned 74 but he’s still not sure how to write a song. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you hear Macca on NPR’s All Songs Considered? Yes, one of the best songwriters of the last six decades or so says he still isn’t sure how it all works. If I was to sit down…
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 #50
Laurence MacNaughton & It Happened One Doomsday Laurence MacNaughton’s It Happened One Doomsday debuts this month (July, 2016) and it’s already off to a roaring start. Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, RT Book Reviews and Library Journal have all weighed in with glowing comments and Barnes & Noble is getting behind the new title in a very…
Rocky Mountain Writer #49
Jennifer Kincheloe & The Secret Life of Anna Blanc Last week, Jennifer Kincheloe found out that her first mystery, The Secret Life of Anna Blanc was nominated for a Macavity award in the historical category—one of the top prizes in the mystery writing field. Just a few years ago, that same novel was a winner…
Rocky Mountain Writer #48
Lisa Adams – Nuts & Bolts of Tax Law (For Writers) The guest is writer and attorney Lisa Adams, who is giving a master class at Colorado Gold conference in September called Avoiding Real Life Drama, The Nuts & Bolts of Tax Law. Lisa Adams is an Arizona-based attorney. Her expertise is in federal tax…
Backstory Feeds Frontstory
Whack me upside the head – go ahead. I was putting together a presentation recently for a workshop about writing mysteries and I wanted to make the point that the variety of ideas for mysteries—setting, characters, plots and themes—is endless. I thought it might be insightful and instructive (maybe even interesting) to look at recent…