We’ll be featuring information about the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference and the Friday morning master classes throughout the month. Master Class: Copyediting for Fun and Profit Instructor: Angie Hodapp Friday, September 20, 8:00-11:50 Ballroom B Copyediting is tough. It takes years of professional practice just to become proficient. Whether you’re interested in…
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Scrub Your Mindscape Clean
By Mark Stevens Skip the tips. Forget everything you’ve learned. Put down your copy of 100 Fabulous Secrets to Better Writing Now! Move away from the stack of books you slowly acquired ever since you first had the thought that you might want to write fiction. (Spoiler alert: all those books pretty much all say…
Writing Unchained
By Mike Befeler This is my first post on the RMFW blog, so let me introduce myself. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Mike Befeler. For those of you who do know me, I’m still Mike Befeler. In the past I’ve been know as the Geezer-lit Guy because I’m author of the…
Talk to the Paw: A weekly column featuring writers and their pets
My name is Karen Duvall and I’m a writer. And a pet owner, or a slave to my pets, depending on your perspective. I work at home and my animals are my constant companions. Writing can be a lonely endeavor, and many of us have pets to keep us company (or to distract us) as…
Why Should Authors Care About Screenwriting?
By Trai Cartwright This is part one of Trai’s six-part monthly series. Why in the world would a fiction writer care about screenwriting? Turns out, films are a prime educational resource for novelists, and whether you’re a fictioner or a filmite, our communal and cultural understanding of our craft is drawn from both realms of…