Kate Jonuska & Transference When she finished writing her novel “Transference,” Kate Jonuska came to a fork in a road and, as Yogi Berra once said, she took it. The question was how to publish? Traditional? Or independent? Kate was surprised that her views on the choice had changed and it was a choice she…
Tag: fiction
Comedy In Fiction
One of my favorite movies of all time, Front Page, features one of the first cinematic examples of what has come to be known as “snappy dialog”: a rapid-fire exchange of witty banter and rejoinders. When a stand-up comedian drops a clunker (delivers a joke that earns little to no laughter) he can sometimes be…
Something Extra
I recently read a women’s fiction novel by an author I’ve enjoyed before, Lisa Jewell. It had the usual things she does well: interesting characters, complex relationships, an appealing and well-developed setting. But it had something else, a suspense plot. This “something extra” made it an even more compelling book. The book worked as women’s…
Rocky Mountain Writer #87
Laurence MacNaughton & A Kiss Before Doomsday We check back in with Laurence MacNaughton, whose new urban fantasy A Kiss Before Doomsday is set to launch in a few short weeks, just about a year after he debuted his new series with It Happened One Doomsday. We are back with Dru Jasper and her crystal…
Gary Reilly Was The Greatest Writer I Ever Knew
Gary Reilly was the greatest writer I ever knew. Variety, volume, and quality. All three. RMFW writer friends of mine – and anyone writing fiction out there – I ask this: how many writers do you know who put together 25 novels (most of them in near-perfect shape) without ever receiving a word of encouragement…