By Susan Spann Since I’m doctoring pitches one-on-one at the Colorado Gold Conference in September, it seemed natural to start my posting here on the RMFW blog by looking at pitch construction. I’ve got two guest posts between now and Colorado Gold, so here’s Part 1 of a 2-part series on “How to Build a…
Category: General Interest
Why You *Really* Should Finish that Book
I’m taking a page from Mike Befeler, and introducing myself, since this is also my first post on the RMFW blog! I’m Jeffe Kennedy and fairly new to RMFW, though I did attend the Colorado Gold conference a number of years ago. It’s kind of a funny (read: cringeworthy) story. I attended at the urging…
Follow the Yellow Brick Road, and Make a Left: The Journey through Publication
By Julie Kazimer Recently a friend complained of how long it took him to finally have success as an author. In his view, success meant a third book release in a year, signing with an agent, and good sales numbers and lots of press attention. Not a bad way to define success at all. I…
Talk to the Paw: Say it with Catitude
By Karen Duvall I have three cats and one dog. My diva-dog, Kinsey, you’ve already met. She’s the most demanding of the bunch, but my other fur-babies put her through her paces. Sometimes they have… disagreements. Ironically enough it’s the youngest and the smallest of the crew that has Kinsey’s number. My little tuxedo…
Scrub Your Mindscape Clean
By Mark Stevens Skip the tips. Forget everything you’ve learned. Put down your copy of 100 Fabulous Secrets to Better Writing Now! Move away from the stack of books you slowly acquired ever since you first had the thought that you might want to write fiction. (Spoiler alert: all those books pretty much all say…