By Aaron Ritchey Many of you know J.A. Kazimer’s normal persona, but this blog post isn’t about J.A. Kazimer the person, it’s about J.A. Kazimer the RMFW scion, the writerly icon, the literary messiah! This is about the Platonic ideal of J.A. Kazimer. I first met her in Colorado Springs many years ago and right…
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The Perils of Being a Woman Writer and First Things First
By Mary Gillgannon It’s not easy being female and a writer. As a woman, you’re less likely to be taken seriously or to gain the respect of the public and your peers. If you write romance, as I do, the trials are even greater. The implication is always there that anyone can write “one of…
THE BACK NINE: SPRINTING FOR THE FINISH LINE OF YOUR NOVEL
By Kevin Paul Tracy In golf, “the back nine” refers to the second half of an 18-hole golf game. It’s often used as a metaphor for finishing up, or approaching the culmination of a goal. Other sports analogies would be: “the home stretch;” “first and goal;” or “sliding in to home.” In writing I use…
On The Dangers of Writing Fictional Men
By Colleen Oakes I remember discussing Twilight (a book I’m not embarrassed to admit I loved) at length with a couple of girlfriends, right around the height of the hysteria that captured a nation of teenage girls and forced a lot of grumbling married men to watch Robert Pattinson stare for hours at an exasperated…
A Few Bad Habits
By Mark Stevens You brush your teeth. You comb your hair. You make a pot of coffee. You’re on auto pilot, right? Not much brainpower required. Your head is busy elsewhere, thinking ahead. Or something. You sit down to write. Man oh man, that first sentence of your new bestseller is going to be carved…