“There are three types of hooks used to open a book: fear, lust, and curiosity.” This is what Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard out of Carolina, told me after we slammed our shot glasses onto the bar*. She added, “…and curiosity is never enough.” Ever since then, Dorothy’s words haunt me. I have a confession….
Category: General Interest
50 Shades of Happy: How an RMFW “Failure” panel brought this topic home
Welcome to the third installment of my happiness series. If you’re just joining us, you can read the first two installments: The Happiness Advantage – To write better novels, lighten up! The Happiness Advantage – Don’t set a goal without it! As promised, I’ll ask, did you try the “Three Acts of Gratitude” exercise? The…
Kay Bergstrom and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
I joined RMFW before it was for Fiction Writers. The original group was affiliated with national RWA (Romance Writers of America), there were a handful of members and the only published author was Maggie Osborne. Yada, yada, yada, I sold my first book, Tongue-Tied, to Harlequin Temptation and realized exactly how much help I needed….
How Many Drafts Does It Take To Get To the Gooey Chocolate Center of a Bestselling Novel?
So recently, in the writing community, we’ve been a-buzz over a blog post that warned no writer should ever write four books in one year. I won’t paraphrase, but issues came up over quality and care and other such fears for people who write fast. I thought I could write a big long blog post…
Life Work Balance
Yeah, I know, it’s backwards. Everyone always says Work/Life balance, right? Well, after Colorado Gold this month, I can see how we’ve had it wrong all this time. I mean, really, which is more important: Life or Work? (Hint: this is not a hard question to answer) Yes, most of us need to work to…