Are you considering joining a writing organization? Or, if you’re like me, have you maybe joined too many? My article on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog helps break down things to look for in a writing organization to make sure you find the one(s) that will help you build your skills, contacts, community, and […]
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Happy Valentine’s Day and Other Murderous Sentiments
Are you ready for Valentine’s Day? Do you have your scythe sharpened and ready to wield? You don’t? Well, if you hurry, you can still hustle down to Home Depot and find a scythe in time. Or perhaps your local Guillotines-R-Us store has a few portable guillotine models left in stock. I know, we all […]
How Many Glimmers Have You Noticed Today?
In a world where the only information being fed to us by the media, social media platforms, and power-hungry blowhards is negative, it’s easy to forget that there are, in fact, good things in this life to notice, recognize, appreciate, and be grateful for. Some of these things are big. Most are tiny daily things […]
New Year’s Anti-Resolutions
Sick of New Year’s resolutions that tell us to be better human beings than we want to be? How about setting some New Year’s anti-goals instead? Read mine on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog here: “New Year’s Anti-Goals”
Of Wine, Greek Gods, and Stories
There’s a particular white wine I’m sipping that transports me back to the sun-bleached limestone and olive-tree-studded mountainsides of southern Greece. It was introduced to me on our trip last month by Giannis, a fourth-generation winemaker in the off-the-beaten-path Papagiannakos Winery sandwiched between the bustle of Athens and the blue waters of Artemis Beach on […]
Use Mini-Frustrations to Propel Your Novel’s Character Forward – on the RMFW Blog
Frustration is a powerful emotion—so powerful, in fact, that it’s often the emotion that launches your novel’s main character into action. How can you use a series of mini-frustrations to build your character’s stress levels, increasing anticipation, tension, and suspense? Read my article on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog for tips: “Frustration—Your Character’s Catalyst.”
