Denver-area monthly programs are free to both members and non-members. They are typically two hours long on a Saturday morning or afternoon. Topics vary. Check our website for up-to-date information. Email questions to denverprograms@rmfw.org. January Workshop Exploring YA: Trends, High Concept and You Presented by Colleen Oakes Saturday, January 9, 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. Anythink…
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Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving!
Wishes for a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday to all from the blogging team
To Contest or Not To Contest…that is the question
Do you enter contests for your writing? Over the last couple decades, I’ve entered many contests, both for full-length novels and short stories. I belong to RWA (Romance Writers of America), which includes multiple chapter contests in their monthly magazine, both for unpublished and published authors. I think most genres have something similar, or you…
How Writers are Like Turkeys: A Thanks for Nothing Post
What? Are you seriously comparing me to a turkey? Why, yes. Yes I am. But don’t take it personally. I’m comparing all writers to the Thanksgiving bird (or Thursday bird as people outside the US call it). You suck. Valid point. But I wasn’t commenting on your smell as in you stink like a turkey…
Medieval Viagra and the Curtain of Time
When writing historical novels I find myself as immersed in research books as I am with the writing. Research is one of life’s joys to me. It’s like stepping through a sparkling curtain into the past, and suddenly I’m in another time. If it’s during the nineteenth century, it’s a world in sepia, that soft…