Registration is open for the 2019 Colorado Gold Conference. If you haven’t yet registered, get to it—you’ll be so glad you did! If you have registered, welcome! This year’s conference offers a lively variety of new workshops, classes, and services designed to enlighten, encourage, and inspire you! Read on so you’ll feel right at home from…
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Meet My Writing Tribe
I just got back from the Pikes Peak Writers Conference in Colorado Springs—what a blast! The theme this year was “It Takes a Tribe,” because (contrary to popular belief) writing is not a solitary activity. We may sit at the keyboard alone, but there’s a whole network of people around us playing their own small…
Meet the WOTY Finalist: Margaret Mizushima
For all that is good and holy in the world, what possessed you to become an author? Seriously, I know what you mean. When my kids were young, I would gaze longingly at the paperback novels on the racks beside the cashier at the grocery store, wishing I could publish one of those someday. I…
What have I done to myself?
I’ve dabbled in many genres, but I like history. I’ve traveled and hiked Colorado and Wyoming to explore, learn, and meet new people. Sure, I like to read. I’ve seen the world from a variety of points of view. So, wherein lies my personal demise? Putting both of the above into a manuscript—a western historical…
Meet the WOTY Finalist: Kay Bergstrom
For all that is good and holy in the world, what possessed you to become an author? Telling stories is fun, I love reading, and I’m an excellent typist. (My first two books were done on an IBM Selectric.) Also, I wanted a job that left ample time to stay home and play with my…