Kevin Wolf – Winning The Tony Hillerman Prize After years of entering and frequently winning writing contests at Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer’s annual Colorado Gold contest, Colorado writer Kevin Wolf entered and won the Tony Hillerman Prize for his novel, The Homeplace. The win means the novel will be published by St. Martin’s Press next…
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
A picture really is worth a thousand words, sometimes more. Humans are visual creatures and as writers, we rely on our sense of sight above all the others. As storytellers, we use written visuals to tell a story by creating pictures with words instead of paint. The earliest known stories before recorded language were written…
Yes, Virginia….
Okay, I’m doing something totally out of character for me. It’s Wednesday and my post is due up tomorrow. Have I prepared one? No. Hence this impromptu entry which may or may not succeed. If it does, I thank the spirit of Christmas. If it doesn’t, well, our intrepid editor, Patricia, will surely let me…
Scaling the TBR Pile
I’ll be giving a workshop via Skype on building romantic tension and conflict for the Orlando Public Library. You can register here. I assume the event is designed for people to attend in person, but I’m not positive. If you have questions, though, ask them, not me. I just do what I’m told. Recently I…
Yes Virginia, There is a Query Clause
Many of us have freshly NaNoWriMo novels burning a hole in our computer. THIS will be THE NOVEL. The ONE that makes all your publishing dreams come true. So why not share our precious with the publishing world? What’s the worst thing that could happen? Embarrassment. Ridicule. A sudden onset of turrets (Yes, you will…