There isn’t a lot to do when you’re off-duty on a nuclear submarine. There was a perpetual Dungeons & Dragons game going on. Players came and went as watches changed, even the Dungeon Masters rotated, each picking up where the other left off. Most of the time it convened in the mess, which served as…
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The Eureka! Moment
Have you ever had one of those when you’re writing? When you suddenly notice something that was right there, but you couldn’t see it until that exact moment in time? I recently had one, and while it gave me a bit of a headache, it was definitely a good thing. This weekend was the Jeffery Deaver…
FOMO – The Writer’s Plight
FOMO has me in its clutches. Or tentacles might be a better word. For those who aren’t up on the current slang (or slang from six months ago, which now dates me as being really old), FOMO is the FEAR OF MISSING OUT. I have it. I’ve been infected. The only thing that will save…
The AHA Moments
Every writer has one—or two—or three. When I first started writing fiction, I was writing blind. I was a trained journalist and understood non-fiction, but writing a novel… Suffice it to say, it presented a number of new challenges. At the time, we were living in Frisco (Colorado), and there were no writers groups, no…
2017 Colorado Gold Mentors & Special Guests
Things are coming together at Conference HQ! The proposals are all in and the proposal committee are making their selections for the workshops and panels we will be offering at the upcoming Colorado Gold Conference. If you submitted a proposal, notifications will be sent on or before April 20. Be sure to check the conference…