I came away from the Colorado Gold enthused and energized from being around other writers, the only people who truly understand that part of my life. Even the best friends and closest family members don’t really get it, unless they’re also writers. I also came away with the realization that I have to find a…
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RUMINATIONS ON THE WRITER-READER RELATIONSHIP
As I write this I am still days away from the most traumatic experience of my life – surgery. But by the time you read this, not only will it all be over, I will be well on my way to recovery, if not fully recovered. I will know whether or not the mass they…
Volunteers, How Does RMFW Love Thee? … by Angela La Voie
As RMFW volunteer coordinator, I keep trying to count the ways. To the Breadth and Height More than one hundred volunteers contributed to the success of Colorado Gold this September. Thank you! What on earth takes a hundred volunteers? Some of the most visible roles at conference include working at the registration and information desk,…
You Are in the Right Place
(Friends – I’m taking the cheap & easy way out this month by using the blog space to publish my Writer of the Year speech / comments at Colorado Gold on Sept. 9. I included a few illustrations to break up the long text. Thank you all so much for your support. As should be…
Rocky Mountain Writer #60
Nathan Lowell – A Field Guide to Amazon At the Colorado Gold conference last month, Nathan Lowell gave a workshop called “A Field Guide To Amazon.” Not surprisingly, the room was packed. On the podcast this time, Nathan offers the highlights from that standing-room-only session. He talks about Amazon rankings, about the possible advantages of going all-Amazon,…