Nov 13, 2017
Emily Littlejohn says luck may have played a small role in getting her first novel published, but so did hard work and listening to feedback from experts. As Emily puts it, books are not written in a vacuum.
Inherit the Bones, published at this time last year, was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. This week, A...
Oct 31, 2017
Jayme H. Mansfield found fiction in her own family history.
Rush, her second novel, launches Nov. 1 and it's based on the life of Jayme’s great-great grandmother and the details of her involvement in the Oklahoma Land Run of 1893.
Using original letters from the era and her own research in Oklahoma, Jayme found out...
Oct 17, 2017
Jennifer Kincheloe is back on the podcast and she’s got a brand new historical mystery coming out in just a few short weeks.
The first book, The Secret Life of Anna Blanc, was a finalist for a slew of awards and also was winner of the Mystery & Mayhem Award for Historical Mystery. Earlier, it also won the Colorado...
Oct 10, 2017
After listening to this episode with historical fiction writer Aimie K. Runyan, you might want to think about keeping an idea file.
When things went flat with her first publisher, Aimie needed a Plan B and she was ready, dipping into a list of concepts she wanted to take from idea stage to full length novel.
Now, 18...
Sep 27, 2017
Shawn Harper calls it "the good kind of hurt."
That’s the hurt from hearing a comment at your critique group that means there’s work to be done, that your work in progress is not quite ready for prime time.
On Oct. 7, Shawn is one of four panelists leading RMFW'ss free monthly workshop called Getting the Most Out of...