I struggle most with writing when my head isn’t in the right place. What is the right place? For each person it’s different. For me, it’s when I feel good physically and when I feel good about myself, emotionally. Physically, it’s just hard to write when you’re not feeling well, when you’re coughing or blowing…
Tag: Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
Ann Hood – 2016 Colorado Gold Keynote Speaker
RMFW is pleased to announce Ann Hood is our 2016 Colorado Gold Conference Sunday afternoon keynote speaker. Ann Hood wanted to be a writer for as long as she can remember. Her favorite books when she was a kid were Little Women and Nancy Drew. Later, she loved Marjorie Morningstar, Les Miserables and Doctor Zhivago,…
Interview: Mariko Tatsumoto
This month I had the great privilege to interview author Mariko Tatsumoto, author of thelovely and wonderfully heartwarming middle-grade novel Ayumi’s Violin. What made you aspire to be a published writer? I accidentally took a children’s writing class. I thought I was signing up for a creative writing class. Our “final” was to write a…
After the Glow of Conference Fades … by Sharon Mignerey
“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.” ~Zig Zigler It’s been weeks since the Colorado Gold Conference. You know how it is immediately after conference … you’re enthused, recharged, ready to move on with The Plan and move toward success (or possibly, continued success). Or … you’re comparing…
Kay Bergstrom and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
I joined RMFW before it was for Fiction Writers. The original group was affiliated with national RWA (Romance Writers of America), there were a handful of members and the only published author was Maggie Osborne. Yada, yada, yada, I sold my first book, Tongue-Tied, to Harlequin Temptation and realized exactly how much help I needed….