By Sunny Frazier Julie Luek asked me over here to discuss blog interaction. First, let me say, I’m honored. I entered the Colorado Gold contest early in my career and the changes suggested definitely got me a contract. This is a terrific group. I do my homework. I’ve scrolled through some recent blogs on your…
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The Good, the Bad, and the Very, Very Ugly: All Manuscripts Are Not Created Equal
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer Listen closely, for I am about to tell you a publishing secret no one else wants you to know. Are you ready? Here goes. Not everything a writer writes is good. Shocking, right? J.K. Rowlings didn’t sit down one day and pound out a thousand pages of Harry Potter the first…
Gadgets and Spreadsheets and Apps, Oh, My!
By Katriena Knights Like most of us writers, I’m always looking for a way to increase efficiency and up my wordcount. All this while trying not to aggravate my carpal tunnels and managing to spend a couple minutes here and there with the kids. My latest quest for the perfect productivity combo has led me…
The Winner of Aaron Michael Ritchey’s advance review copy is….
Aaron was kind enough to offer an ARC of his new novel, Long Live the Suicide King, to one lucky U.S. commenter on his January 21st blog post. Using random.org, we selected a winner. Congratulation, MB Partlow! MB blogs at Partlow’s Pool Thanks to everyone who left a comment. This kind of encouragement for our…
RMFW Spotlight on Nikki Baird, Anthology Chair
Our second spotlight of the month features Nikki Baird who is serving as anthology chair. Nikki was happy to join in the fun because she wants to see a large number of RMFW members at her workshop tomorrow and is hoping for lots of great member story submissions for Crossing Colfax, the first RMFW anthology…