By Rebecca Taylor Yesterday, I uploaded my most recent book, The Exquisite and Immaculate Grace of Carmen Espinoza, to Kindle—Yes, I self published it. And as I, only hours later took it down to make changes (I suspect it won’t be the last time) I wondered: Why don’t more writers make the leap into self-publishing?…
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Current and Upcoming Events with Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
The Colorado Gold Writing Contest for unpublished novelists will be accepting entries until June 1st.
How to Make a Damn Good Living as a Writer
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer With a title like that you’d think I’d have an answer, right? Well I do. Just not one writers like to hear. So let’s get the nasty part out of the way now. Here goes: Only a very small percentage (under 8%) of working writers are making a living strictly…
When You Shouldn’t Finish What You Started
By Katriena Knights One of the cardinal rules of being a writer is to finish what you start. After all, if you don’t finish those stories, you won’t have anything to submit or publish, right? Right. But there are times when it’s best not to finish or revisit an unfinished or unpolished piece.
Alice Kober Has Your Reading Covered
As authors, we have a certain obligation to become “super readers,” which are readers, according to Alice Kober of the Arapahoe Library District, who read at least eleven books a year. If this sounds like your kind of goal, then you are doing well. But Alice may have you beat. She tries to read approximately 100 books each year.