POLL: How many of you know what the 47th tallest structure is? (No googling, you cheaters). I do. Does that make me brilliant or lame? I have no idea. But I do know it makes me a writer. You see, I, like you, look for the smallest, seemingly inconsequential detail to breathe reality into my…
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Rocky Mountain Writer #28
J.D. Dudycha & Sitting Dead Red The podcast today is with J.D. Dudycha, who has ten years of experience in baseball at the collegiate level. He retired from the sport shortly after the birth of his son. Since his retirement, he developed a love for writing, an outlet he so desperately needed in the…
Be a good critique partner – Part 1 of 2
I credit the marvelous process of critique with helping me get published, and continue to be published. And just as my fabulous CPs help me, I help them. There’s a compelling reason to give our best efforts with every critique: the better critiquers we are, the better writers we become. Many of us have suffered from…
RMFW Writer(S!) of the Year Begins
Big news everybody! Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers has opened up two selection committees for great Writers of the Year this year. For the first time not only will we have a traditionally published WOTY, but also an independently published, or I-WOTY as well. If you’ve been experiencing some publishing success please check out the website…
How–and Why–to Write a Business Plan For Your Book
“Do you know how to eat a whale?” the old joke asks. The answer: “One bite at a time!” The same advice holds true for writing a business plan for your book. Many authors don’t actually take the time to write a business plan. Either the process seems too boring, too complicated, or “not worth…