January is a traditional time to think about the writing habits that make us successful, the ones that could use some tweaking, some we need to abandon, and new ones we need to embrace. I talk more about this on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog, so click here to read more: “Change Up Your […]
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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 […]
Halloween-Worthy Writing Prompts – On the RMFW Blog
It’s that time of year when ghoulies, ghosties, and things that go bump in the night are around every corner! So fire up your Halloween energy and write yourself a scary story to celebrate the season. To get you started, I’ve posted my annual list of 10 new Halloween-worthy writing prompts on the Rocky Mountain […]
A Day for Fools and Other Speakers of Truth
I don’t love pranks. I’ve never been a fan of April Fools’ Day, even as a little kid. Pranks always seem to me like they’re designed to pointlessly humiliate the other person so that everyone else can laugh at them. Life is hard enough without purposefully making it harder for someone else when they’ve done […]
How to Make 2024 a Better Year (Mayhem Optional)
Welcome to 2024, a shiny new year full of promise and good intentions and definitely not heinous deceptions. Like you, I’m positive this is the year eight billion people will suddenly and inexplicably—all prior evidence to the contrary—morph into rational, caring, kind human beings. I hope I bought the right shoes for the occasion. Anyway, […]
Holiday Gifts for Writers 2023 – on the RMFW Blog
It’s back—my annual list of holiday gifts that any writer on your list will love! Writers can be hard to shop for, what with them being bleary-eyed and stuck in alternate realities most of the time. But never fear, my gigantic list of gift ideas will surely have just the thing for that hard-to-shop-for writer […]
