If you’re a writer, you’ll hear this question a thousand times before you finally brain someone and end up in jail: “What is your story about?” At writing conferences, retreats, pitch events, backyard barbeques, Thanksgiving dinner, the airplane when the passenger next to you asks what you do, and let’s face it, from your cellmate…
When I have the time, and sufficient inclination, I can write a short story in a week. After the first edit, if I’m pleased to find the story sounds pretty good, I leave it alone for awhile. While the new story rests, I send it to an old college friend (actually, we’re both old). This…
One. I’m back again to plug the “Writers Who Read” podcast—a Colorado thing. In fact, literary agent and RMFW board member Mira Landry is one of the three co-hosts along with Gary McBride (who has taught at Colorado Gold) and Whitney Pinion. The group has been gathering monthly since 2018 but is now extending itself…
In a few short weeks, we will announce and celebrate the winners of this year’s Colorado Gold Literary Awards. Congratulations and best of luck to all of the finalists. Thank you to all of the judges. This post is for anyone who may be wondering: what does it take to win a literary contest? First,…
I recently read with sadness that the school district my children attended was restricting certain titles from the library and removing them from the classroom shelves. Two of the books, The Diary of Anne Frank and To Kill a Mockingbird, were required reading when I was in school and even when my children were in…