Have you been taking writing classes, going to conferences and getting feedback from critique partners, but are struggling to elevate your writing to finalist or even winner of contests? Or are you ready to move on with your writing career as an independently published writer? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you’ll…
Write what you know. You can’t read a book written for the craft of writing without seeing these four words jump out at you as an answer on how to get started. In my case, I see those words and am torn. On the one hand I think, “Yes! I know things! I can do…
When I think back to my early days around Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, about twenty years ago, I remember a sound: the thumpity-bump of dragging a cooler from my car across parking lots at various Metro Denver libraries as I brought refreshments and snacks for the monthly workshops. Arvada. Lakewood. Aurora. Denver. Wherever. I had…
After high school, I enlisted in the U.S. Army for a three-year tour of duty. Never having traveled farther than a car trip from Colorado to Iowa, I took the train to basic training in Missouri. Before I completed basic, President Kennedy was assassinated, and our inexperienced platoon of raw recruits and reluctant draftees was…
One of the many perks of attending the RMFW Colorado Gold Writers Conference this year is the opportunity to pitch your hard work in front of an agent. Of course, there are a million reasons why you won’t: “my work isn’t ready, it’s not good enough, I don’t know what to wear, I don’t know…