by Karen Duvall Halloween is creeping up on me. I haven’t done a very good job preparing for it this year, mostly because I’m staring down the barrel of a deadline. What do you know, I have to have this book turned in by October 31. What a coincidence that it’s the same day as…
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The Blank Spaces in our Stories: The Messages Writers Send Readers Between The Words
By Kym-n-Mark Todd As writers, we all spend lots of time thinking about narrative craft – plot, character, setting, dialog – but what about the blank spaces between all those words? Readers don’t give much thought to those spaces – unless they’re missing. So it’s up to writers to fill the blanks with implied…
Writing is an Act of Love
By Nicole Disney When I first decided it would be fun to try blogging, I had this vision of myself creating ten, twenty, even thirty posts. They were going to be stacked tight and aligned like a fresh ream of paper, somehow undisturbed by any of my three wall-vaulting cats. The contents of these pristine…
WANTED: Writerly Friend for Fun and Whining
By Julie Kazimer A couple of weeks ago the book and blogging wizard, Chuck Wendig, at his blog, terribleminds (a must read for every writer), had a guest post from Karina Cooper or as she prefers to be called, Karina F***ing Cooper, which I must admit has a nice ring to it. On Chuck’s blog,…
RMFW Spotlight: Mark Stevens
The new RMFW Spotlight feature will introduce a few of our RMFW officers and volunteers. We started out with the first three members of the board of directors, sat them in the hot seat, shined the bright light on them, and channeling our best inner Oprah, plugged them with a few questions. Here’s what we…