Pat Stoltey & Wishing Caswell Dead Pat Stoltey’s fourth novel comes out in just a few short weeks (Dec. 20) and it’s been quite a ride. Revised and revised some more, Pat says that one point she realized she had written the life out of her characters. So she backed up and started over again…
Author: Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens is the author of the The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023) and The Allison Coil Mystery Series including Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire, and The Melancholy Howl. Trapline won The Colorado Book Award for Best Mystery. Stevens has also published short stories in Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022), Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and Mystery Tribune, among others. Stevens is longtime member of Mystery Writers of America. In 2023, Stevens was named Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers for the second time. He lives in southwest Colorado.
Rocky Mountain Writer #107
Kevin Wolf & Brokeheart This time, a story of going with the flow. After writing for more than a decade, Kevin Wolf won a major award in a writing contest and the prize included a contract with none other than St. Martin’s Press. That led to the publication, last year, of Kevin’s first novel, The Homeplace. …
Rocky Mountain Writer #106
Saytchyn Maddux-Creech & Writing Short Stories Are you comfortable writing short stories? Have you thought about it, but don’t know how or where to begin? Well, Saytchyn Maddux-Creech is teaching a 15-day online class called, Write An Amazing Short Story in Two Weeks. The course is being offered online through RMFW-U beginning Dec. 2. On the…
Rocky Mountain Writer #105
Emily Littlejohn & A Season To Lie Emily Littlejohn’s first full-length novel Inherit The Bones landed an agent and a good contract with a major publisher—in one of the fastest sales the agent had ever seen. Was it luck? Emily says luck may have played a small role, but so did hard work and listening…
Jack Up The Moderation
Such a calm word—moderator. Merriam Webster: “Someone who leads a discussion in a group and tells each person when to speak: someone who moderates a meeting or discussion.” I’ve been going to book conferences for years and for some reason this year I sat in on a few panels led by some truly awful moderators….