“Humankind cannot take too much reality.” ~T.S. Elliott I love it when a grizzled detective on Dateline or 48 Hours shakes his head in amazement and says to the interviewer, “This crime is so twisted. You can’t make this kind of stuff up.” As a mystery writer, I can’t help but think, Oh, but we…
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Backstory Feeds Frontstory
Whack me upside the head – go ahead. I was putting together a presentation recently for a workshop about writing mysteries and I wanted to make the point that the variety of ideas for mysteries—setting, characters, plots and themes—is endless. I thought it might be insightful and instructive (maybe even interesting) to look at recent…
Shining the RMFW Spotlight on Kevin Paul Tracy
1. Kevin, tell us what you do for RMFW and why you are involved. I am a regular contributor to the RMFW Blog and I host a critique group called Dynamic Critique which isn’t exactly RMFW sanctioned, but we are all RMFW members. At one time or another I have been Critique Chair, Webmaster, Anthology…
Rocky Mountain Writer #47
Heather Webb – Nailing an Agent-Grabbing Opening Writer Heather Webb stops by the podcast to give a sneak peek of the four-hour master class she’ll be giving at Colorado Gold, RMFW’s big three-day conference in September. Her class is called Nailing an Agent-Grabbing Opening and it will give participants a chance to learn what…
Getting to Know You…Or Not…
Have you noticed the excellent newsletter series introducing IPAL members? And the RMFW member guests we feature here each month? I’d like to expand our “getting to know you” efforts to include a series of mini-introductions featuring RMFW members whether they’re unpublished, indie published, or traditionally published. I’d especially like to include those folks who…