Write like your best friend just called to say she read the first fifty pages of your latest/greatest and she thinks it’s your best work yet. Write like tomorrow’s schedule is breaking rocks with a sledgehammer. Dawn to dusk. Write like you don’t care. Write like you understand, deep down, how much fun it is…
Tag: fiction
Rocky Mountain Writer #157
Sandra Murphy – The Voice Mama Sandra Murphy says she has one goal when she’s recording an audio book – to tell the truth of what her authors have written. In fact, Sandra brings many years of acting experience to her production process—an acting career that began at the ripe old age of two with…
Rocky Mountain Writer #154
The Agent Episode Whether because of NaNoWriMo or New Year’s Resolutions, January is a common time for writers to begin querying. Many are tempted to simply dive in and mass email every agent they can find. Please allow Natasha Watts to give you a bit of advice: don’t. Do your research first. Find agents who are…
Character Building with the Enneagram
A few weeks ago, I attended a workshop on the Enneagram, a method for analyzing personalities. Although the Enneagram is intended to help you understand yourself and the people around you, it also makes a great character-building tool for writers. Here are a few steps to get started using it. 1. Determine your character’s primary…
Rocky Mountain Writer #143
Todd Leatherman & Son Rise Todd Leatherman, who writes as TH Leatherman, published the third book in his ongoing sci-fi series earlier this month. It’s called Son Rise and it follows Marque of the Son, published last year, and The Burning Son, which debuted in 2016. Todd makes his home in Firestone, Colorado. He enjoys…