One of the many perks of attending the RMFW Colorado Gold Writers Conference this year is the opportunity to pitch your hard work in front of an agent. Of course, there are a million reasons why you won’t: “my work isn’t ready, it’s not good enough, I don’t know what to wear, I don’t know…
When last year’s Bizarre Bazaar anthology was published, Colorado’s changing climate was already on my mind. In December 2021, a few weeks after that feeble dusting that registered as Denver’s latest first snowfall on record, the Marshall Fire incinerated a thousand homes in Louisville and Superior. Gale force winds drove the inferno through entire neighborhoods….
My plunge down the twisted passages of research started with a simple genealogical discovery. “Giles Brent, a thirty-some-year-old man, married a nine-year-old Indian Princess.” My writer brain wondered if there was a story here. Everyone from genealogists to historical writers branded Giles Brent as an opportunist set on acquiring land through his marriage. In 1643,…
Today, I am—like many who are reading this post—juggling writing my next novel, while marketing my last (Whispers for Terra). I don’t know about each of you, but I live quietly in a state of overwhelmedness (if that’s not a word, it needs to be). A 4-wheeling Jeep term is ‘go as fast as you…
The Speculative Fiction Writers from the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers has published its first anthology, a collection of ten original stories from its members. Authors represent a variety of sub-genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, dystopian, and more. First Encounters: A Speculative Fiction Anthology is available at https://amzn.to/3fx6nag. Copies of the e-book are $3.99 and…