For the last six years I’ve had this on again, off again relationship with my Muse. For the most part I’d plod on with my droll life until inspiration struck. Out of nowhere a story arc or unforgettable character would flood my mind and I’d drop whatever I was doing and write up a storm….
Tag: the writing life
Love conquers all…
…and makes a good subplot! As you may have heard, I will miss my first RMFW conference in twenty years this year. My younger daughter, Jalena, is getting married in Keystone on September 7. A mini family reunion will follow on September 8. As you read this, you may recall some of your own family wedding…
A Colorado Gold Fairy Tale
Once there was a new writer who attended the Colorado Gold conference. She’d been writing for about two years and had a completed manuscript, which she’d entered in the Colorado Gold contest, but it didn’t place. She’d come with fairly low expectations. Although her coworkers at the library where she worked were convinced this was…
Running in place–are you ready?
Running in Place. This Denver Post headline caught my eye. The article discusses training for races by using a treadmill. It also describes the state I have found myself in several times during my writer’s journey. Running in place—waiting for a green light, waiting for the starting gun, waiting until the path clears and we…
Can I Write About That? by Pat Stoltey
My first attempt at novel-writing was based on my brother’s experience in the transportation industry in the 1970s. He provided the basics—overall plot, knowledge of 18-wheelers and trucker jargon. I did the writing—just barely well enough to get an audiobook contract. I had an expert co-author, so writing out of my own experience made sense….