Volunteering for the workshop proposal selection committee offers a rare opportunity to see all the workshop and panel proposals that are submitted for consideration to Colorado Gold. For the past several years, I have served on this committee, and now in my second year as conference chair, I’d like to share some of what I’ve…
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Should We Continue the Getting to Know You (GTKY) Posts?
I would love to continue the Getting to Know You (GTKY) blog posts if we get enough volunteers. Here’s one example of a member who was featured in the September 30, 2016 GTKY post: Janet Lane Website: http://janetlane.net/ Blog: https://janetlane.wordpress.com/ and RMFW Blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janetlaneauthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/janetlaneauthor Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15418008.Janet_Lane 1. We know the who (that’s…
Enthusiasm Refill
The festive holiday season fills us with excitement, hope, cheer, enthusiasm, optimism. For several months we have something to look forward to. For many of us it is the excitement to see family and friends we haven’t seen is a long time, for others it’s seeing what Père Noël left for us under the Christmas…
What’s the Scoop on Colorado Gold 2017?
Every bit of information available so far about this year’s Colorado Gold Conference can be found on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers website, conference page. Conference dates: September 8-10, 2017 The location: Renaissance Hotel, Denver, Colorado Want to submit a workshop proposal? Start here! Want to know who the keynote speakers and visiting agents and…
Details, Details
Go find a copy of Lucia Berlin’s short story collection, A Manual for Cleaning Women. Find “Point of View” within. (Actually, okay, read the whole book or maybe one short story a week for as long as it takes. The title story is a masterpiece of humor and narration.) But “Point of View” is a…