Carol Berg: The Right Words As Carol Berg puts it, the difference that a single word can make is “pretty amazing.” And Carol should know. She has written 15 epic fantasy novels that have won national and international awards, including three Colorado Book Awards and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. Her stories have…
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The Writing Dungeon
There isn’t a lot to do when you’re off-duty on a nuclear submarine. There was a perpetual Dungeons & Dragons game going on. Players came and went as watches changed, even the Dungeon Masters rotated, each picking up where the other left off. Most of the time it convened in the mess, which served as…
The Big Bargain
For those of you who heard my talk at the Georgetown Indie Con in early June, you may now skip this blog. This is about one point from that talk on character and character development. The idea has sort of stuck with me—so maybe it’s worth writing about, too. The idea is this: we all…
Rocky Mountain Writer #130
Christopher Paolini: Colorado Gold Keynote Preview Eragon. Eldest. Brisingr. Inheritance. Those four titles should ring a bell, specifically the name Christopher Paolini. Christopher, with 35 million books in print, is one of the keynote speakers at the 2018 edition of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Colorado Gold conference and we’ve got him on the podcast for…
Critique Groups, Part 2: When It’s Time to Quit
As I discussed last month, a critique group is a wonderful thing. I owe much of my technical and professional development over the last few years—as well as countless friendships—to my crit groups. I encourage all new writers to find a group and start critiquing as soon as possible, because in my experience, a good…