Up until about two months ago, I was the last writer I knew still using the Word Perfect word processing program. I was also about three versions behind and Corel (the creator of Word Perfect) no longer supported my version. If I wanted the newest version, I’d have to pay hundreds of dollars for it….
Category: General Interest
Understanding Your Ebook Rights
With a new year upon us, my #PubLaw for Writers guest posts here at the RMFW blog will focus on helping authors understand and protect their legal rights. Today, we’re kicking it off with a little more about ebook rights–what they are, and how they function in a publishing contract. Ebook Rights are Normally Addressed in a Contract’s “Grant…
Guest: Jason Henry Evans – Craft Corner, The Passive Voice
Welcome to the Craft Corner. I am relatively new to the world of writing fiction, so as I step into landmines and blow up another writing convention, I will be sure to write about it here. Enough about me. Let’s talk about the passive voice. What is it? Why is there such an uproar over…
Volunteering, it’s a little like writing
I’m RMFW president. Huh. Didn’t see that coming. I live on the western slope. People said no one outside of the Denver area would ever be president. That was ok with me. When I wrote my first words and sat back to re-read them, I admired those words. I was writing the next best seller….
Guest Aimie K. Runyan: The Author’s Curse: Imposter Syndrome
“So what do you do?” A well-meaning grey haired gentleman asked me at my husband’s office holiday party. I took a moment to become very interested in my glass of mediocre Prosecco. I loathe the question. It’s a loaded one, and even when given with the best of intentions. People ask what you do with…