There is a saying, “Doing anything is better than doing nothing.” For the indecisive and deliberate decision maker, this means the longer you take to make a decision, the more likely the decision is going to be taken out of your hands, made for you by fate or the actions of others, and not likely…
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Rocky Mountain Writer #121
Shannon Baker – 2017-2018 RMFW Writer of the Year Last summer, Shannon Baker was named Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Writer of the Year – for the second time! So life as a published writer should be on a never-ending upward spiral of success, correct? Well, Shannon Baker is a survivor of the wild and ever…
Max Headroom
Did you know the average person has 50,000 thoughts per day? Some researchers put that number as high as 70,000. That’s thoughts. Not words. Say, four or five or six words per thought. 250,000 words? Per day? String ‘em all together and you’d have a couple of books’ worth. Per day. Good book? Probably not….
Rocky Mountain Writer #120
Sue Hinkin & Deadly Focus Sue Hinkin, interviewed by Natasha Watts, talks about her debut thriller, Deadly Focus. The chat covers writing realistic, diverse characters, the importance of critique groups and community, and her book signing coming up (with fellow mystery author Becky Clark) on April 20. Raised in Chicago, Sue Hinkin is a former…
Science Fiction’s Future Past
Sci-fi’s best ideas are in the past. Wait! Before you barrage me with indignant objections, I’m going to claim this idea is way less impertinent—or defeatist—than it sounds. Where do sci-fi plot concepts come from? From everywhere, you say, my sources of inspiration are varied and without bound! Okay, sure, the kernels have many sources,…