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…
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 #51
Wendy J. Fox & The Pull of It Wendy J. Fox, author of the forthcoming The Pull Of It, is the guest. The Pull Of It debuts in late September from Underground Voices. Wendy is also the author of The Seven Stages of Anger and Other Stories, which won the inaugural Press 53 Award for Short Fiction….
“Are You Taking This Seriously Enough?” Seriously?
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…
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…