Motivation. You hear it all the time. Your characters need to be motivated to pick up that sword and slay the dragon, venture to a distant galaxy, or figure out why there’s a dead body at the bottom of the well. What motivates your character to do what they need to do in your story?…
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Women In Horror Month Getting To Know You: Meet The Sweet Ladies With Terrifying Minds
February is Women in Horror Month. In fact, this is the 8th year the event has been recognizing women in the horror genre. So we thought this is the perfect opportunity for the Getting to Know You Project to introduce some of the ladies of RMFW who write horror. We also have one gentleman sharing…
The 2017 I-WOTY & WOTY Nominations! … by Lisa Manifold and L.S. Hawker
Hello Members! Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers has opened up their selection committees for the Writers of the Year nominations. The WOTY will be open to those traditionally published, and the I-WOTY will be for those independently published. If you are a member of PAL or IPAL, and you published in 2016, please check out the…
“Cataloging” Your Book
It’s been over twenty years since I started ordering fiction for the public library where I work. We divide adult fiction into four basic collections: mystery, western, sci-fi/fantasy and fiction (which encompasses everything that doesn’t fit into the first three). In the past, cataloging, or deciding where to shelve a book, was pretty simple. Occasionally…
Advertise or Die
I recently had a brief email exchange with Janet Lane on a blog entry she was writing on the topic of book marketing, a topic that I hate. On later reflection I decided to add my own thoughts to hers, which you’ve no doubt read, precisely because I hate the topic so much. (Janet: Forgive…