By Jeffe Kennedy Now that summer is here, I start my mornings by watering the potted plants on the patio, which always sets the spiders scurrying away. I don’t worry about them, because I know they’ll come back to their webs and continue spinning and weaving. I do worry about the finches, who love to…
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Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #5
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #5 Heather Webb – Finding Your Voice Historical Novelist Heather Webb talks about Becoming Josephine, Rodin’s Lover and the master class she will be giving as part of the Colorado Gold Conference in Denver. Her workshop is called, “I Hear Voices – The Art and Craft of the Distinctive…
How to Get Away with Murder (Non-TV Show Edition)
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer From the title you’d guess that I was about to tell you how to murder someone. But I’m not. At least not really. This post is about reality in fiction. No, really dear NSA (who can still read my meta data, or is that my mind thanks to the Patriot Act…
What’s In Your Bucket? … by Kay Bergstrom
Many writers have Bucket Lists of the good stuff they hope to accomplish before they kick the aforementioned bucket. It usually starts with “write a book” and ends with “#1 NYT Best-Seller Five Years in a Row.” Take that, Harry Potter. “Write a book” is an appropriate listing because it’s within your power to do…
An Afternoon With A Master
By Mary Gillgannon A few weeks ago, Nora Robert’s book Liar hit the top of the Publisher’s Weekly bestseller list. I was delighted by this news. Since I also write romance, it’s cool to see a romance writer make it to number one. The genre is often disparaged and sneered at, but there can be…