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…
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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…
Linger & Mingle
How did I get here? That was my question last Thursday night as I sat at the banquet at The Edgar Awards in New York City. Technically, I got to the banquet because I’m president of Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America (RMMWA). That slot puts you on the national board for Mystery Writers of…
The RMFW Spotlight is Shining on Volunteer Julie Kazimer
1. Welcome to the RMFW Spotlight series, Julie. Tell us what you do for RMFW and why you are involved. I don’t do nearly as much as others do, nor do I feel like I do enough, so thank you, Pat, for asking me to answer these very intrusive questions about myself. I do a…
The Truest Voice of All … by William Kent Krueger
Isn’t it amazing how everyone seems to know, even better than we do ourselves, what’s best for us as writers? We get advice from everybody on how we ought to be using our time and energy. From our agent (if we have one). From our publisher. From our readers. From other writers. From the pundits…