For over thirty years, the Colorado Gold contest for unpublished writers has given aspiring novelists the chance to get their work in front of an acquiring agent or editor while also providing feedback and encouragement for the craft of writing.
Author: Patricia Stoltey
RMFW Spotlight on Monica Poole, Critique Chair
1. Monica, tell us what you do for RMFW and why you are involved.
I encourage members to seek out, join, and actively participate in a critique group. Visiting a critique group was my first introduction to RMFW. I had been to a few other critique groups organized by other writing groups, and they were the blind leading the blind. Visiting the RMFW group was an eye opening and immensely helpful experience. I came away from that meeting knowing that RMFW was a group of writers who not only knew how to write, but who also knew how to share their writing knowledge with others. I want every member to have that sort of positive experience.
The Winner of Aaron Michael Ritchey’s Book Giveaway
Arturo Garcia is the winner of three books, including Long Live the Suicide King Congratulations to Arturo and many thanks to Aaron Michael Ritchey whose post The Second Book is Like Sex appeared here on April 29th
The Second Book is Like Sex … by Aaron Michael Ritchey
My first time with actual sex was a disaster. I won’t go into details, but let’s just say no one, not the warmest, fuzziest romance writer nor the sleaziest porn producer could capture the tragi-comedy of my first sexual experience. But I’d like to think I got better with the whole sex thing. I did it right at least twice: both the sex thing and the book thing.
How and Why Would You Choose a Pseudonym?
A couple of weeks ago, a reader of this blog contacted us to ask how she could go about selecting a pseudonym—one she could live with forever without regrets. We thought that was a pretty good question, so I asked three writers in different genres how they chose their pen names.