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Call to Adventure – Colorado Gold Writers Conference 2025

Posted on May 25, 2025May 25, 2025 by Oliver Blakemore

I decided a few years ago that I needed to take my career more seriously. I knew how to write sentences, and sort of knew how to write stories. What I was missing, I decided, was open mic nights. I know a lot of musicians and I talk to comedians, and a lot of their…

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Make Your Characters Relatable

Posted on May 16, 2025May 7, 2025 by Rainey Hall

Honestly, I was kinda blogged out—until, after a multitude of phone calls and emails to kick start a Leave Of Absence from my night job, the following thought occurred to me: “Rainey, you forgot to give characters in your new WIP health challenges, and/or physical limitations. Oh, for Heaven….” Below, I’ve listed those that came…

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Writers: Never Say Never!

Posted on May 9, 2025May 8, 2025 by Kelley J. P. Lindberg

Never say never when it comes to writing a book. “I’ll never be a plotter.” “I’d never kill off my protagonist.” “I could never write a series—I’d get too bored with my characters.” As the oft-heard comment goes, each book you write teaches you how to write that book, not the next one. I was…

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Anthology 2026: True Story

Posted on May 2, 2025April 30, 2025 by Amy Armstrong

If you are an RMFW member, one of the many perks of membership is you can submit a story for inclusion in our next anthology! RMFW publishes an anthology on even-numbered years, and each anthology has a theme. The 2024 theme was “Colorado’s Changing Climate.” Before that, the theme was “Wild.” This year, our theme…

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A Story for Every Kind of Mother

Posted on April 29, 2025April 28, 2025 by Rachel Dempsey

My eight-year-old recently asked why so many Disney movies feature deceased or wicked mothers. After a moment to reflect, I answered, “Because if the main characters had positive role models and caregivers, they would get into a lot less trouble and then there wouldn’t be a story.” In Disney’s first full-length animated feature film, Snow…

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