With less than three days until the Colorado Gold Conference presented by RMFW, I wanted to drag out and dust off the conference rules. Mind you, these are not ‘rules’ as in those that will land you in the conference clink, but ‘rules’ like those of writing itself–Good guidelines to follow, but every once in…
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The RMFW Spotlight is on Lisa Manifold, Newsletter Editor
Now that we have so many new members of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Board of Directors, we’ll once again be featuring the RMFW Spotlight on the blog. Our goal is to introduce our board members to all our readers and encourage other RMFW members to offer their time and energy to this energetic and…
Are You Prepared to Put Yourself Out There at This Year’s Conference?
How much time should you spend networking at a conference? That’s up to you. However, forcing your book on people will get you nowhere. Treat fellow writers as allies. Networking is about nurturing existing relationships as well as making new connections. Look for these opportunities to put yourself out there, and you’ll also leave the…
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast #14
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #14 Writer of the Year Panel at the Tattered Cover Writer of the Year finalists Susan Spann and Cindi Myers offered their thoughts, insights and advice during a late August panel at the Tattered Cover in downtown Denver. (Writer of the Year finalist Joan Johnston was unable to attend…
Fifty Shades of Self-Doubt
As I was reading Jeff Seymour’s recent blog (https://rmfw.org/my-names-jeff-and-im-a-failure-by-jeff-seymour), I was struck by the thought that for a writer, there are all kinds of ways for demoralization and discouragement to find their way in and poison your life. Jeff describes his sense of failure in terms of sales and income, in other words, his writing…