Marc Graham & Runes for Writers Futhark, the Runic aplphabet, is a key component in Marc Graham’s process known as Runes for Writers. The ancient system helps storytellers more easily access the realm of ideas, the world of the Muses, the Source of Story. By integrating left- and right-brain activity, Marc’s process seeks to open…
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Rocky Mountain Writer #146
False Faces: Live at The Tattered Cover This episode of the Rocky Mountain Writer is a live recording of the event held at Tattered Cover on Oct. 25th to celebrate the release of False Faces, the latest short story anthology from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. The hosts for the evening were editors Angie Hodapp and…
Crafting Unforgettable Atmosphere
Recently, I’ve been in the mood for a certain type of book—books like Coraline by Neil Gaiman, The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier, and the Lockwood & Co. series by Jonathan Stroud (all of which I highly recommend). They’re all dark, spooky, and supernatural. In other words, they all have a certain atmosphere. Atmosphere is…
It’s October, and Halloween isn’t the only scary thing out there
It’s been a month since the Colorado Gold Conference. Since that incredible high of being surrounded by other writers, listening to speakers, attending presentations. If you’re like me, you came home so motivated to get going on that WIP, or start a new book, or revise, or even submit that under-the-bed manuscript that really IS…
Free Online Marketing Courses
Book marketing. Ugh. Whether your novel has been released by a major publisher or your own indie-publishing company, it’s a grudging fact of life for most authors. I envy those authors who tackle their marketing plans with enthusiasm and endless energy. I’m one of those who has an “attitude” about it. Suffering from an inferiority complex…