“One of my favorite quotes about writing comes from John Gardner’s The Art of Fiction: “…fiction does its work by creating a dream in the reader’s mind.” I want to be so engrossed in the story that I am disoriented when I close the book. I do not acquire based solely on genre because publisher and consumer trends change so quickly. But give me a well written book and I think I can pitch it anywhere, anytime.”
Category: RMFW Conference
Interview with Jessica Renheim, Associate Editor of Dutton/Penguin Group
Interview originally published at Chiseled in Rock blog by Dave Jackson on June 4, 2014. Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers is pleased to welcome Jessica Renheim to the Colorado Gold Conference September 5th through the 7th. Jess joined Dutton in 2007 and has been there ever since. She edits both fiction and nonfiction at Dutton, including…
RMFW Spotlight on Susan Brooks, Colorado Gold Conference Chair
Susan Brooks has been conference chair since 2011. She is an editor with a small traditional publisher and has an MA in Publishing from George Washington University.
Current and Upcoming Events with Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
The Colorado Gold Writing Contest for unpublished novelists will be accepting entries until June 1st.
Look Who’s Coming to the Colorado Gold Conference: Meet Bestselling Author William Kent Krueger
A stand-alone novel, Ordinary Grace, was released in March 2013 and also became a New York Times bestseller. The thirteenth book in the Cork O’Connor series, Tamarack County, is scheduled for release in August 2013.