Judith Briles – The Book Shepherd Judith Briles, a.k.a. The Book Shepherd, is a strong advocate for taking the “indy” route to publishing. She has decades of experience all over the publishing landscape and this episode provides a sampler of the topics she can discuss in depth including editing, marketing, networking and figuring out…
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 #30
Jack Marshall Maness & Filling the Gaps in Historical Fiction On Saturday, Feb. 6, Jack Marshall Maness delivered a presentation titled “Filling the Gaps in Historical Fiction.” The talk was given at the Bear Valley Branch Library in Denver to a packed room. Maness, the winner of the 2015 Colorado Book Award for best…
Sex With Strangers
Can you judge an author by his or her books? Should you go Kindle Direct Publishing or hold out hope for Farrar Straus Giroux to come your way? I’m urging you to book a night to head down to Curious Theatre Company, 1080 Acoma St., and check out “Sex With Strangers” through Feb. 20. You…
Rocky Mountain Writer #29
Kerry Schafer & Dead Before Dying Kerry Schafer writes fantasy with its teeth sunk into reality. She also writes mystery that delves into the paranormal and women’s fiction that embraces the dark and twisty realms of humanity. On this podcast, we chat with Kerry Schafer about Dead Before Dying, coming out in early February,…
Rocky Mountain Writer #28
J.D. Dudycha & Sitting Dead Red The podcast today is with J.D. Dudycha, who has ten years of experience in baseball at the collegiate level. He retired from the sport shortly after the birth of his son. Since his retirement, he developed a love for writing, an outlet he so desperately needed in the…