By Robin D. Owens “My brain has decided that writing isn’t a temporary job anymore,” said Laila, a writer I’ve been sprinting alongside in the mornings lately. “I’m rearranging my office this morning during our writing sprints. When I started working my day job from home and writing too, I assumed it was temporary. I…
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What’s Going On At Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers?
The Colorado Gold Conference Have you signed up yet? With keynote speakers like Jeffery Deaver and Desiree Holt, how can you go wrong? Add in agents and editors–Danielle Burby, Trish Daly, Denise Dietz, Tiffany Schofield, Chelsey Emmelhainz, Sarah Joy Freese, Erin George, Carrie Howland, Emily S. Keyes, Melissa Jeglinkski, Ben LeRoy, and Latoya C. Smith–and…
Surviving the Social Media Time Suck
All I’ve got to offer is a firm conviction that the writing must come first. If there is no writing there are no books, and if there are no books then there’s no point in pursuing Social Media beyond the point of fun and entertainment.
A Writer is One Who Writes … by Linda Berry
When asked when I knew I wanted to be a writer, I usually say it was about fourth grade. That’s when, as a big fan of the feature called “Life in These United States” in The Reader’s Digest, I realized it made a big difference how a story was told. I began to appreciate humor,…
What Makes a Keeper Book?
By Pamela Nowak There’s a big difference between an enjoyable read and a keeper book. For me, the keepers are those books that take me beyond light entertainment and involve me emotionally in the story. They are the books that make me feel as if I am in the story and make me gasp or…