By Liesa Malik New Year’s Resolutions. Bah, humbug, right? The whole practice of writing down what amount to goals that seem firmer just by calling them “resolutions” can be intimidating and defeatist. Me? I’ve always liked this clean-slate time of year. At least for a week or so I haven’t goofed up my brand new…
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The RMFW Blogging Team Wishes You a Very Happy Holiday Season
From all of us at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Blog: Karen Duvall Mary Gillgannon Julie Kazimer Jeffe Kennedy Katriena Knights Liesa Malik Pamela Nowak Colleen Oakes Robin D. Owens Aaron Michael Ritchey Kerry Schafer Susan Spann Jeanne C. Stein Mark Stevens Patricia Stoltey Kevin Paul Tracy May your holiday season be happy and lots…
One Last Post of 2014 — Ten Things I Learned This Year
I learned a lot of writerly things this past year, some good, some not so great. But they are lessons I feel that are worthy of sharing with my fellow writers.
Writing Through The Dark Times
By Robin D. Owens. I reached the end of a book in a long series I love and found a note that the series, which the author had anticipated writing for years, had abruptly ended. She’d had a major upheaval in her life and couldn’t overcome her new circumstances to reach back into the core…
Protecting Your Copyright in Anthology Contracts
By Susan Spann Happy Holidays! Today, we continue our ongoing series on writing for anthologies with a look at copyright clauses in anthology contracts. Anthology writing differs from other forms of publication, and though the contracts often look similar, authors need to be aware of the critical differences between anthology contracts and those which govern publication of single-author…