By Liesa Malik Okay, friends, here’s the low down, the scoop, the real deal – the WOTY is fixed! That’s right. Fixed! And you know why? Because each year three distinguished authors willing to represent our organization with their work end up on a ballot that is under-supported. It’s rather like local elections. According to…
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Beyond the Page: Your Writing Career
By Liesa Malik As a marketing professional, I’m always looking for the next great thing to grab attention and make my clients’ products or services successful. I watch for ways to build awareness and markets of buyers, vendors, and supporters, and believe that these efforts lead to financial success. That success often doesn’t come in…
Judging A Book By Its Cover
By Liesa Malik Three seconds is all you get. Three seconds to make the difference between a sale and a pass on your book. No matter how much time you as an author have put into your novel, or how carefully your work has been edited, artist Deirdre Wait of High Pines Creative knows you…
Setting Smart Goals for 2015
By Liesa Malik New Year’s Resolutions. Bah, humbug, right? The whole practice of writing down what amount to goals that seem firmer just by calling them “resolutions” can be intimidating and defeatist. Me? I’ve always liked this clean-slate time of year. At least for a week or so I haven’t goofed up my brand new…
Bouchercon Delivers the Thrills
By Liesa Malik Bouchercon, the world’s largest fan-based crime, mystery, and thriller convention was held in Long Beach, CA this past weekend. Colorado’s literary community was well represented, and several RMFW members attended, including writer-of-the-year, Shannon Baker, Programs chair, Mark Stevens, and authors like Mike Befeler, Christine Goff, and Susan Spann. As one fan said,…