For over thirty years, the Colorado Gold contest for unpublished writers has given aspiring novelists the chance to get their work in front of an acquiring agent or editor while also providing feedback and encouragement for the craft of writing.
Category: RMFW Conference
J. Ellen Smith; Pioneer in Modern Times
Champagne Book Group publishes both electronically and in paperback formats, and Ellen will be coming from their offices in High River, near Calgary, Alberta to speak about the publishing process, meet new talented writers, and accept pitches at the Gold Pitch Sessions. She expressed a small concern, however, that writers use a professional attitude during the conference time.
Interview With Literary Agent Margaret Bail
I recently had the good fortune of chatting with literary agent Margaret Bail of Inklings Literary. She’ll be one of the agents attending the 2014 Colorado Gold Conference.
Look What You Missed….and What You Can Still Sign Up For!
If you thought you could wait until the last minute and then sign up for Trai Cartwright’s screenwriting class, too bad. That class filled up in a hurry. There’s lots more going on with Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, so peruse this list, follow the link if something looks interesting, and join others looking to learn…
In The Aftermath of Colorado Gold
By Yvonne Montgomery One of the sessions I appreciated the most at this year’s Colorado Gold Conference was Christine Jorgensen’s Plotting Your Novel Using a Dynamic Grid. My study has always been a forest of papers where the filing system is similar to an anthropological dig: one layer on top of another. The goal…