By Mark Stevens Who am I to judge? No, really? I’ve judged the Colorado Gold contest for many years. I take on five or six entries each time around. That’s not many pieces to rate. Some judges handle dozens—and more. Five or six entries take time—twenty pages of each novel and a three or four-page…
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Raising the Bar
By Shannon Baker Photos by Mark Stevens I am overwhelmed with gratitude to be named Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers 2014 Writer of the Year. See how many times Writer is used in that title? That means it’s an award for a writer voted on by writers. And for this one moment in time—well a whole…
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield: A Review
Review by Mark Stevens Resistance is invisible, internal, implacable, impersonal, infallible and insidious. Resistance, as Steven Pressfield points out in The War of Art, never sleeps. “Henry Fonda was still throwing up before each stage performance, even when he was seventy-five,” writes Pressfield. “In other words, fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist…
Death Becomes You: What Will Your Legacy Be?
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer I’m going blind. The eye doctor told me this a few weeks ago. I have diabetic retinopathy which is basically uncontrolled bleeding behind my eyes from half a lifetime of having type 1 diabetes. Retinopathy leads to blindness. It might take a year, it might be five, ten, or twenty years….
What’s Your Reason for Writing?
Are you doing your own thing? Listening to your own voice? Or are you a back-up, following someone else’s vision and script?