As part of our series to introduce everyone to our Colorado Gold Conference guests, I caught Carina Press editor Kerri Buckley for an informal chat. Jeffe: Hi Kerri! Thanks for being here on the RMFW blog today! Kerri: And thanks so much for having me. I’m getting so excited for the conference! Jeffe: So are…
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Have You Ever Considered Writing Nonfiction?
By Liesa Malik Gasp! As storytellers and novelists, the word “nonfiction” can sound very constraining. It conjures up all sorts of nasty images, like: Deadlines Pressure Talking to, or interviewing total strangers Taking notes when people talk too fast Maybe even boring topics to write about. But after over twenty years in marketing, and with…
On Mastery
By Kerry Schafer Finish the damn book. I know you’ve heard this before. You’ve heard it from writers far more well known than I am, people like Neil Gaiman and Stephen King. There’s even a Finish the Damn Book Contest out there you can enter, if you need that kind of encouragement. Why? Because every…
No Need to Bleed: Painless Ways to Breach the Blank Page
By Lori DeBoer “It is easy to write. Just sit in front of your typewriter and bleed.” Ernest Hemingway likely wasn’t recommending that one literally open a vein. I think. Besides being dark and witty, this quote keeps coming back in different forms, attributed to disparate authors, because for most of us wordsmiths, it speaks…
Work Management
I started off my February post here by mentioning I’d been busy lately. In fact, I had to check because I started off this post in almost the exact same way. Oops. However, it’s less me running in the same rut than that things haven’t really let up yet. Happily, last Friday I finished the…