A couple of weeks ago, some RMFW author friends and I were discussing book promotion, and the topic of public speaking came up. Public speaking. As in one of the most fearsome activities a person can do. These brave souls are willing to think about taking heart and book in hand to stand up in…
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Real Life Research
I’ve always written historical fiction, mainly romance, which required a great deal of in-depth research, digging around in old documents, looking at ancient maps, reading tattered journals, even finding out what they ate that last night on the Titanic. Google was my very best friend. But after the latest “thanks but no thanks e-mail” I’ve…
Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About Your Readers
As a writer, we research. It’s what we do. We research settings. Disorders. Things that go bump in the night. Urban and suburban legends and the occasional garden gnome murder spree. We know what the height of fashion was in 1723 and who wore it best. We know our guns. Our poisons. And the quickest…
The Panic
Do you get panicked about your writing or your writing career? Do you think you’re the only one? Most of us feel the panic from newbies to old veterans of the publishing business. The panic particularly hits me and my friends when we’re behind deadline, of course. Or at the end of a contract where…
Rocky Mountain Writer #36
Colorado Gold Contest Prep This episode is a live recording from workshop held Saturday, March 12 in Denver at the Ross Cherry Creek Branch Library. The workshop was designed as a primer for the annual Colorado Gold Contest, which opens April 1. The workshop was hosted by contest co-chair Pam Nowak and veteran contest…