By Kevin Paul Tracy In golf, “the back nine” refers to the second half of an 18-hole golf game. It’s often used as a metaphor for finishing up, or approaching the culmination of a goal. Other sports analogies would be: “the home stretch;” “first and goal;” or “sliding in to home.” In writing I use…
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TOP TEN LIST: Things Overheard At A Book Release Party
By Kevin Paul Tracy Here is a list of the top ten things overheard at a book release party. 10. “My wife loves your books! Can you sign it to her: Roger Smith?” 9. “Is the author someone famous, or just a writer?” 8. “Yes, the author signed it, we couldn’t stop him. If you…
Write Only the Interesting Parts
By Kevin Paul Tracy There is a joke which has been apocryphally attributed to various famous sculptors: HOW TO SCULPT A BIRD: Chisel away all the parts that do not look like a bird. As a joke this is worth a chuckle. As a fundamental truth about sculpting it leaves something to be desired. For…
Oh, the People You’ll Meet
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer It’s conference time. In less than two weeks I’ll be joining a mess of fellow RMFW writers for the annual Colorado Gold Conference. Over the next week, you’ll get plenty of conference tips and how-to’s on this blog. Read them. Learn from others mistakes and triumphs. And most of all have…
Making a Big Deal Out of It
As writers, we spend a lot of time beating ourselves up. That story wasn’t good enough, we didn’t finish it on time, it didn’t sell to our market of choice, it got a bad review, I’m just not happy with it… etc. etc. Too often, we forget what a monumental undertaking writing is in the…