By Kevin Paul Tracy I’ve recently been inundated with fiction manuscripts to critique that contain a fair amount of political commentary. I’m not referring to the kind of politics you find in Game of Thrones or The Wheel of Time or TV’s Defiance – those are internal, fictional intrigues that apply only to the fiction…
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Crossing Colfax: A Story by Story Review
By Mark Stevens Short-story anthologies can be tricky affairs. Collecting short stories in one volume from multiple authors can end in a patchwork mess. Not the case with Crossing Colfax, a sweeping collection of writing from the ranks of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. The only rule was that each story had to touch on Colfax…
Time to Update Your Bucket List for 2015
By Patricia Stoltey I don’t do resolutions anymore. Goal setting is good (see yesterday’s post from Liesa Malik for more on that topic), but updating my bucket list ranks at the top of my year end ToDos. Just because something was important enough to add to my list in the past doesn’t mean it should…
Setting Smart Goals for 2015
By Liesa Malik New Year’s Resolutions. Bah, humbug, right? The whole practice of writing down what amount to goals that seem firmer just by calling them “resolutions” can be intimidating and defeatist. Me? I’ve always liked this clean-slate time of year. At least for a week or so I haven’t goofed up my brand new…
The RMFW Blogging Team Wishes You a Very Happy Holiday Season
From all of us at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Blog: Karen Duvall Mary Gillgannon Julie Kazimer Jeffe Kennedy Katriena Knights Liesa Malik Pamela Nowak Colleen Oakes Robin D. Owens Aaron Michael Ritchey Kerry Schafer Susan Spann Jeanne C. Stein Mark Stevens Patricia Stoltey Kevin Paul Tracy May your holiday season be happy and lots…