Boy am I enjoying revising this book…it’s so much fun! Take that passive verb! K-pow! Adverb say whatly? What am I doing, you ask? Well, I’m not so sure I should say. It’s just…I’m having such a great time…and I don’t want to make you jealous… Is it working? Are you wanting to help me…
Category: General Interest
5 Things You Need to Know About 2017 Colorado Gold
We’re working hard at Conference HQ, processing workshop proposals and getting registration ready for opening day. Here is an update on what’s happening now: 1) Workshop Proposal submissions are closing MARCH 31 at midnight. Be sure to visit the Conference Home Page for the link to the submission page as well as a worksheet to…
Social Capital
A lot of attention gets paid to social media without really understanding a fundamental concept – social capital. In addition to all its other characteristics and traits, social media transactions depend on – for lack of a better term – a currency. You earn it as you give and pay it when you ask. This…
Crafting Dialogue–or Avoiding it Altogether
My TV-watching habits, well documented in my earlier stint as an RMFW blog contributor, have started me thinking a lot about dialogue recently. Going to the movies last night kicked those thinky thoughts into high gear, so today I’m going to translate those thinky thoughts into writey thoughts. Many new writers think that dialogue should…
Writing Romance: Starting with a Great Hero
Which came first, the plot or the character? Likely a question as old as fiction writing. I’m not going to answer this question so you can relax. But what I am going to say is that, at least for romance novels, readers fall in love with characters. Not plots. So where do we start writing…