There’s one more thing we don’t want you to miss about the Colorado Gold Writing Contest for unpublished novelists. Announcing the 2014 Colorado Gold Final Judges! Action/Thriller Matt Martz, Editor, St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Mainstream Peter Senftleben Associate Editor, Kensington Books Mystery/Suspense Terri Bischoff, Editor, Midnight Ink Romance Raelene Gorlinsky, Publisher, Ellora’s Cave Publishing Inc. Speculative…
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RMFW Spotlight on Chris Devlin, Colorado Gold Writers Contest Chair
This month we’re shining the light on Chris Devlin who is coordinating the RMFW Colorado Gold Writers Contest. If you want to know more about the contest which opened for submissions on April 1st, just scroll down to yesterday’s special post or visit the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers website contest page. Welcome, Chris, and thanks…
The Colorado Gold Writing Contest Opened for Submission on April 1st
Tomorrow we shine the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Spotlight on Chris Devlin, Contest Chair. She has a big job, and we aim to help her out a little by spreading the word about this outstanding opportunity for unpublished writers. You’ve been working hard on your manuscript–writing, revising, self-editing, then rewriting after your critique group reviews…
A Muse By Any Other Name
By Mary Gillgannon In a post a couple of months ago, I was discussing the creative process and mentioned my muse “not speaking to me”. Afterwards, I began to think about the concept of a muse, what it means to me and why I think of mine as female. The word probably originates from the…
Getting in Bed with Your Co-Writer: The Art of Collaborative Writing
By Kym O’Connell-Todd and Mark Todd For us, successful collaborative writing is like good sex. First comes foreplay: we begin to brainstorm, teasing out seductive story lines to see if there’s something that we both want to spend time developing. And we’ve been doing this long enough that we already have a pretty good idea…