Thinking of submitting a workshop proposal for the Colorado Gold conference? Here are a few vital tips that might help. While you don’t have to have your whole workshop prepared to build your proposal, you should have enough of it envisioned to be able to convey it in outline form. The selection committee needs to…
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Character Clues on the Christmas Tree
ORNAMENTS AND CHARACTERS Dismantling my Christmas tree is like a trip down memory lane. First I’ll tell you of some of my memories, then I will show you how it can help when you’re creating your fictional characters. PINE CONES. I love these, and use them on the tree and in my wreaths. I collected…
Rocky Mountain Writer #112
Susan Brooks: Conference Workshop Proposals & Literary Wanderlust Update As soon as we turned the corner into 2018, the conference planning for Colorado Gold kicked into gear. In fact, planning started much earlier but RMFW members and others were notified a couple of weeks ago that they now have the chance to apply to present…
Welcome to 2018: The Very Best Year in Your Writerly Career
With 2018 already upon us, you’ve likely already sold three books to your favorite publisher, wrote five more, and single handily solved the fiction conflicts of 2017. What? You haven’t? What’s wrong with you? Half of January is already in the books. Get moving! This is one of my issues with January. It expects too…
Writing Romance: Getting to Midpoint
Hello Campers! Are we back from holiday vacation yet? No, are we REALLY back from holiday vacation? Big confession – I forgot my deadline last week for this column. Rude awakening, that. Many thanks to Rachel for not beating me! Now I’m REALLY back. Remember at the beginning of this series, we talked about the…