Writing a good book summary for a cover, online bookstore, or query letter is both challenging and frustrating. After all, summarizing your book in 150-200 words seems like an impossible feat. We all spend countless hours perfecting our book summaries because first impressions count, and you can easily lose a reader or agent in just…
Category: RMFW Conference
How to Make the 2016 Conference Even Better . . . Volunteer
Everyone involved with Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers is familiar with our mission: RMFW is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to supporting, encouraging, and educating writers seeking publication in commercial fiction. As a ‘volunteer-run organization’ RMFW can only remain beneficial to members through our volunteers’ contributions. Volunteers strengthen our community and nurture an environment of members…
7 Reasons to Teach at a Writers Conference
Workshop proposal submissions for the Colorado Gold Conference opened January 1st and we’ve already received quite a few excellent proposals. You may be asking yourself if you’re qualified to teach at a writers conference or if it’s worth your time and effort to develop a course. We’re here to tell you that everyone has something…
Anthology, Workshops, the Blog
Don’t Forget the RMFW Anthology Theme: FOUND. Sometimes things are better off lost. And sometimes they were never meant to disappear. Either way, when they’re found, everything changes. Submissions opened January 1st at midnight and close February 29th at 11:59 PM. Contact Mario Acevedo, Anthology Editor at anthology@rmfw.org with questions. Or go directly to the…
What Makes a Winning Conference Proposal?
During preparations for Colorado Gold last year, I had the opportunity to sit on the committee that selected which workshop and discussion panel proposals would be chosen for conference. This was my first time taking part in the selection process, and I came away with several tidbits that I thought would be useful for would-be…