By Mary Gillgannon Many RMFW members are attending the Colorado Gold conference this weekend. I, unfortunately, have to miss it due to a trip with my daughter later this month. But I’ll be waxing nostalgic the whole time. I went to my first conference over twenty years ago, and I can still remember what a…
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Write Only the Interesting Parts
By Kevin Paul Tracy There is a joke which has been apocryphally attributed to various famous sculptors: HOW TO SCULPT A BIRD: Chisel away all the parts that do not look like a bird. As a joke this is worth a chuckle. As a fundamental truth about sculpting it leaves something to be desired. For…
Guest Post by Rebecca Taylor: “Am I Good Enough?”
By Rebecca Taylor I think there may be a singular question that, at some time or another, burns in the soul of every writer. “Am I good enough?” As we barrel towards the 2014 RMFW conference this weekend, I know it’s a question that many writers are hoping to have answered for them. Whether they…
Crush the Crutches
By Mark Stevens Do you have “crutch” words? Words you inject into your prose without thinking? I mean, they are such great freaking words that you when you ask a reader to plow through your latest incredible best-selling novel, she comes back and says: “Well, not bad. But did you know you used the word…
The RMFW Spotlight is on Angie Hodapp, Newsletter Editor and Retreat Chair
The first Monday of the month the RMFW Blog features one of the members of the board of directors or a volunteer. This month Angie Hodapp has agreed to answer our questions. We hope this helps members and potential members get acquainted with the incredible folks who keep Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers going and growing….