I decided a few years ago that I needed to take my career more seriously. I knew how to write sentences, and sort of knew how to write stories. What I was missing, I decided, was open mic nights. I know a lot of musicians and I talk to comedians, and a lot of their…
I’m new to this. Already having a lot of fun, though. I’m excited to start seeing books from the RMFW community. I have pre-emptive glee at the sense of being a small part in discovering one of the great books to come out in the next few years.
At this very moment, I think I’m done. I’m at the, How-in-the-world-did-my-fingertips-get-on-this-key board-exhausted stage. You know the self-accusatory questions: “Do I have mono?” “Do I have COVID?” “Was there too much chamomile in my tea?” “What’s happening?” “Where are my ideas?” Therefore, I’m making this blog simple. Yet super valuable. UPCOMING CELEBRATIONS: Is it a…
I recently had the privilege of moderating a discussion between a local author and an inaugural book club in Silverthorne. After the two hour dialogue, my author friend and I shared our impressions over a glass of wine. Number one take-away: most readers are not writers and therefore say things we would never say to…
Whether you’re waiting for an agent to offer representation, an editor to accept your short story or simply for the snow to melt, killing time can feel just that: vicious. Like the weather, there is little about this industry we as writers can control. We put words on the page or screen. We try again,…