By Natasha Watts As you may know by now, the 2020 Colorado Gold Conference has been moved online as part of the Colorado Writers’ Collaborative. We’re sad we can’t be together in person, but here’s one thing COVID-19 can’t take away: the 2020 RMFW Anthology, baby! WILD: UNCIVILIZED TALES FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN FICTION WRITERS will…
In 2018 I narrated and released an audiobook version of my novel, Etti’s Intended. Riding a shallow learning curve, it took over a year for me to grasp the daunting combination of knowledge and skills necessary to reach “The End” of that first novel. It’s magical to hear your novel come to life in audio,…
Writers have been hit with several 2020 smacks, including no in-person book signings, cancelled conferences and workshops, having to learn to navigate Zoom meetings (and by that I mean, remembering you’re on camera when you yawn or wander around the room wearing a nice shirt and the bottom half of your Snoopy PJs, etc.), mask…
I wrote my first short story in a day. Not that I planned it that way. I’d always wanted to try my hand at short fiction so I signed up for a week-long class at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, only to discover this wasn’t a series of lectures where I’d learn the fundamentals. No,…
Image by WikiImages from Pixabay Set GOALS! You can’t score at home plate unless you touch each base. Set small goals to achieve the large, final goal. Stories that lead to deep discussion, (i.e. controversial or with plenty of deep emotions) = unforgettable = attention to your book and you = marketing and sales. Fine…