When it comes to writing, there’s always more to learn, either through instruction or experience. I think most writers love to learn, or simply to refresh what we think we already know. You may have heard of the famous University of Iowa Writers Workshop that’s held every summer. I know of a few writer friends who…
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Halloween – yea or nay?
Here we are the second week of October and already, I’m thinking Halloween. I’ve never been a big fan of Halloween. Oh, when I was a kid, we did the costumes and trick or treat thing. And in high school there were the parties. In college, I was much too “serious” a student to join…
NaNoPlanno: Get Ready for NaNoWriMo … by Chris Mandeville
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month: a frenzy of writing with the goal of producing a 50,000-word novel in the thirty days of November. NaNo is a fantastic opportunity to push yourself as a writer. It’s all about quantity of words, not quality. It’s vomit writing, spilling your guts, taking an idea and running…
Over the Hills and Far Away
A report from South Dakota: Cool Writers, A Controversy and a Rock Star Deadwood, South Dakota is 385 miles north of Denver. You shoot straight through Cheyenne, parallel the eastern border of Wyoming and watch trains tugging their long snakes of coal. The road climbs east through the Black Hills. In late September, gold aspen…
The RMFW Spotlight is on Liesa Malik
1. Welcome, Liesa! Tell us what you do for RMFW and why you are involved. I love being involved with RMFW! In 2003, I never imagined being so engaged, but each time I volunteer for something, new rewards come right along with the responsibilities. Currently, I am critique group moderator for the Littleton Writers critique…