The Colorado Gold conference is fast approaching! The weeks leading up to a conference are always exciting, and maybe a little stressful as you start packing, planning your schedule, and inevitably worrying about all the new people you’re about to meet. If conference is a nerve-wracking time for you, you’re not alone. I’m right there…
Category: General Interest
Congratulations. Pat yourself on the back. Really.
This is for all of you who submitted to Gold. Who have signed up for critique roundtables, pitches, one-on-ones. Or who just plan to come to Colorado Gold – or any other writer’s conference or contest. The reason I say congratulations is that you’ve taken the HUGE step of saying, OUT LOUD AND PROUD, that…
Blurry Vision Syndrome and Choosing
Okay, so there’s most likely—just spitballing—over one-hundred and sixty of us that didn’t final in the Colorado Gold contest. (Isn’t that just a bother!) Shocked? Pride wounded? In the depths of disagreement? Lost yourself in darkness, even though, well, it’s not dark? Confounded? Downright mad? Everything is blurry—including your future? You’ve got it—Blurry Vision Syndrome….
A Basic Guide to Flash Fiction
A few years ago, I hit writer’s block. I was halfway through writing my first novel and I was stuck. I needed a side project, something to give my brain a break from my work-in-progress but keep me on track with my writing habits. This was when I discovered flash fiction. Flash fiction is an…
A Few Notes On Discoverability
Discoverability is one of those newish buzzwords that tries to describe the process by which a reader finds a book to read. It’s a subject I’ve thought a lot about and one that keeps coming back to haunt authors. It’s Not The Book The problem with the generally accepted view of discoverability is that the…