Raelene Gorlinsky, Publisher of Ellora’s Cave, will be presenting at the Colorado Gold Conference and taking pitch appointments. Here’s a sneak peek at what she’s looking for and some great advice on writing and submitting: 1. What genres does Ellora’s Cave publish and how many books per year in each genre? EC publishes erotic romance,…
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Getting in Bed with Your Co-Writer: The Art of Collaborative Writing (Part Three)
By Kym O’Connell-Todd and Mark Todd This is the third in a three-part installment on strategies we’ve found successful as collaborative writers. In the first part, we discussed things to look for in a compatible partner as well as examples of how that plays out in practice. In the second, we started to explore how…
The Nature vs. Nurture Clash (aka Plotters vs. Pantsers) … by Jim Heskett
All across the internets, published and unpublished writers blog about how to write, edit, and market your materials. I find many commonalities and universal truths… show don’t tell, don’t be afraid to be bad in first draft, don’t join a critique group that meets on Wednesdays, etc. I might have misheard that last one, but I think you get my point.
If you spend enough time researching writing advice, one Nature vs. Nurture clash always recurs: Plotters vs. Pantsers.
What’s Your Reason for Writing?
Are you doing your own thing? Listening to your own voice? Or are you a back-up, following someone else’s vision and script?
RMFW Spotlight on Susan Brooks, Colorado Gold Conference Chair
Susan Brooks has been conference chair since 2011. She is an editor with a small traditional publisher and has an MA in Publishing from George Washington University.