Showing posts with label Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. Show all posts
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Two Decades Ago

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2026 marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of my debut novel, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats . Its arrival was the culmination of a...
Saturday, November 23, 2024

In Memory

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Friday I attended the Celebration of Life for Christine T. Jorgensen (1941-2024). I met Christine during my first Colorado Gold conference i...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

The Call

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Twenty years ago this month, I got "The Call," meaning the phone call I received from my agent informing me that HarperCollins had...
Saturday, February 27, 2021

Remembering a Mentor

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I was talking with my sons about the value of mentors in your professional development. I mentioned that it was something that I hadn't ...
Friday, May 25, 2018

Double Binds

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A couple of weeks ago my oldest daughter participated in a dressage event. She and her horse, Roslyn, are a really elegant combination. A ...
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Saturday, May 27, 2017

Validation

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We crime writers write for many reasons but principally it's that we're storytellers, and we're compelled to spin tales involvin...
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Saturday, October 22, 2016

The other side of the desk and making enemies

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As a writer, I know full well the sting of rejection. In fact, the fear of rejection is what keeps writers from putting their work out. We c...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

A Second Hat to Wear

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This past year I've had the opportunity to serve as editor on two short-fiction anthologies. In Blood Business , a noir crime/paranormal...