The Colorado Gold Conference Book Sale is a great way to promote yourself as an author and sell copies of your books. Not only are there over 400 attendees, the public is also invited to attend the Friday night book signing. Please spread the word to your friends and fans. It takes time to order…
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Your Fantasy, Or Mine
Some of my friends talked me into entering my latest book in the RITA, the Romance Writers of America’s annual contest. One of the requirements for entering is you have to judge seven books. And since they don’t want you to judge the category you’re entered in, the books they send are a random mix…
Rocky Mountain Writer #43
Linda Joffe Hull This podcast is about getting involved. Specifically, it’s an interview with former RMFW Writer of the Year Linda Joffe Hull about her journey of getting involved in both Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and Mystery Writers of America. Last week in New York, Linda was one of the co-presenters at the Edgar Awards…
Something wrong with you.noʎ ɥʇıʍ ʇɥƃıɹ ƃuıɥʇǝɯoS
Here is how I found out that there is something wrong with me. I was 7 or 8 when, during a parent-teacher conference, I was asked to leave the room. I went into the coat room and found I could still hear everything that was said. My teacher told my parents about an assignment in…
In Defense Of The Prologue
Modern practice and my personal bias suggests that there is no defense for a prologue. The ancient Greeks used the prologue to tell a short story that explained the setting or relationship for the work that would follow. They considered the prologue a piece apart from the main narrative. Literally, “a speech before” the story…