Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #6 Janet Lane – Holt Medallion Award Winner On this episode, we talk with Janet Lane, whose romance Traitor’s Moon was just named as the winner in the historical category for the 2015 Holt Medallion Award. Janet talks about her long journey to publication and about the transition from…
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 Podcast – Episode #5
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #5 Heather Webb – Finding Your Voice Historical Novelist Heather Webb talks about Becoming Josephine, Rodin’s Lover and the master class she will be giving as part of the Colorado Gold Conference in Denver. Her workshop is called, “I Hear Voices – The Art and Craft of the Distinctive…
“Murph” On Writing
By Mark Stevens I’m turning this month’s blog over to Murph, The Asphalt Warrior. Denver cab-driver and wanna-be-a-famous-writer Brendan Murphy, a.k.a. “Murph,” has collected some of his favorite commentary on being an unpublished novelist. (What is below is just the tip of the iceberg of insights.) I thought you could—relate. And maybe grab a laugh. These…
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #4
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #4 Holt Finalist Tina Ann Forkner Talks Romance & James Norris Previews RMFW Workshop on Boosting Character Conflict Chapter 1 ~with Tina Ann Forkner, starts at 1:36 On the fourth episode of the Rocky Mountain Writer podcast, 2015 Holt Award Finalist Tina Ann Forkner (Waking Up Joy) talks about…
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #3
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #3 Gwen Florio on Mysteries & “Missoula;” Podcasting with Jim Heskett Chapter 1 ~with Gwen Florio, starts at 1:30 On the third episode of the Rocky Mountain Writer podcast, mystery writer Gwen Florio calls in from Missoula, Montana where she played a key role in the reporting that led…