I just took a vacation. It was great, but what I took away from it (besides a sunburn and a hangover), was that I need to make sure I never let myself ignore serendipitous moments in time. While our husbands went fishing, my friend and I decided we’d take a nice little snorkeling trip. Just…
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Guest Post by Piper Bayard: Little Darlings Anonymous
I’m Piper Bayard, and I’m a Little Darling Addict. Hi, Piper. Welcome. Thank you. It was hard to come here today, so I knew I needed this meeting. I’m back at Step One. I am powerless over my imaginary friends, and my manuscript has become unmanageable. My editor called and asked me for my draft….
Real Writers Write – a plan for us NaNoWriMo holdouts
Inspired by the RMFW conference, my critique partners and I are participating in a writing challenge this fall. In an effort to develop the daily writing habit, we declare our intentions, much as the NaNoWriMo participants do. We challenge ourselves with so many words a week or so many pages a week, with a goal…
Many Hats: Making the Most of Your Author Platform … by Margo Christie
We all know the challenge of selling fiction to the reality-crazed techie generation. Time and again we’ve been told we need a “platform” – that area of specialization that enables us to sell books to people who aren’t necessarily shopping for them. In writing my debut novel, THESE DAYS, I was partly motivated by the…
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast #18
Pamela Nowak Current Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers president Pamela Nowak is the guest. Pam recently released her fourth historical romance, Escaping Yesterday. Recently, one of Pam’s titles was named as one of the best 101 romances of the past ten years by BookList. On the podcast, Pam talks about her love of research, her reaction…