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 […]
writer's life
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 […]
Writers: What Can You Do with Rejection? – On the RMFW Blog
There are lots of ways to handle rejection letters, but let’s face it, most of them are unproductive. Over on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog, I’m sharing 10 things to do with rejection that you may find helpful while you’re drowning your sorrows in that family-sized bag of chocolate chip cookies: “10 Things to […]
What Do You Need to Become a Better Writer? – On the RMFW Blog
When was the last time you stepped back and thought about what you need—truly need—to elevate your writing craft or boost the business side of your writing career? I lay out a 5-step plan for identifying your needs, then achieving them, on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog here: “Map Out a Plan to Boost […]
