By Robin D. Owens Beta Readers are those people who will read your manuscript after you’re done, but before you submit it to your publisher. I have a mentor (Kay Bergstrom) who always reads my work, and I have Beta Readers. Though I try and keep track of people who have read my manuscripts and…
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Adventures in Genre Writing: Lesson 10 – Common Mistakes
By Jeanne C. Stein We’ve now covered the nuts and bolts of writing genre fiction. In the last two lessons, we’ll move on to the world of publishing. The first lesson is on ways a writer can sabotage her own career. We’ll divide this into three categories: Common Mistakes in Writing Common Mistakes in Submitting…
An Interview with Agent Emily S. Keyes
By Jeffe Kennedy I had the opportunity to chat a bit with Emily S. Keyes, an agent with my agency, Fuse Literary. Read on to learn a bit more about her before you meet her at the Colorado Gold Conference! Jeffe: Hi from Mountain Time! Are you in NYC? Emily Keyes: Yes! Jeffe: Are you…
Once, Twice, Three Times a Manuscript….(Anyone Under 40 Won’t Have a Clue What Song The Title References But I’m Using it Anyway Because it’s My Title and I Can…Sing it!)
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer The weekend before last I was lucky enough to hang out at the Pikes Peak Writer Conference. I also did some teaching but it was more about seeing old friends and making plenty of new fabulous ones. Besides having a great time abusing whiskey, wine and food I spent some time…
Pearls of Wisdom … by Guest Rhonda Blackhurst
Last month I attended Genre Fest 2015, an event organized by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, and The Colorado Authors’ League. The speaker for the morning was David Morrell, creator of Rambo–-as well as numerous novels (both fiction and nonfiction) and short fiction-–and to say I was…