Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
285 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsInterviews with fiction writers, teachers, and members of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (RMFW).
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to supporting, encouraging, and educating writers seeking publication in commercial fiction.
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Tom Farrell: 2024 Writer of the Year Finalist
May 03, 2024 16:00 - 39 minutes - 23 MBTom Farrell has worked as a golf course starter, a chemist and clerked at City Hall in Chicago while attending law school. He is the author of The Wager Series, a mystery-thriller series set in the world of sports betting, horse racing and poker. The series includes Wager Tough, WagerEasy, and Wager Smart. Wager Tough was selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Indie Books of 2021 and one of the Best Indie Mystery Thrillers of 2021. Wager Smart was an Editor’s Pick by Kirkus Reviews an...
Z. S. Diamanti: 2024 Writer of the Year Finalist
April 24, 2024 16:22 - 49 minutes - 31.7 MBZ.S. Diamanti is the award-winning author of the Stone & Sky series, an epic fantasy adventure and the result of his love for fun and fantastical stories. His short works have been published in magazines, literary journals, newspapers, and books. He went to college for a very long time and has far too many pieces of paper on his wall. He is a USAF veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and worked in ministry for over 10 years before pursuing creative endeavors full-time. He and his wife resid...
Tasha Christensen: 2024 Writer of the Year Finalist
April 19, 2024 12:47 - 32 minutes - 21.7 MBTasha Christensen believes the best love stories are found in the geekiest places. When not composing tuba closet make-out scenes, she enjoys playing volleyball, getting way too competitive about board games, and exploring the gorgeous Rocky Mountains. Tasha lives with her husband, daughters, and an overly affectionate dog named after her favorite Stranger Things character. Tasha’s Itaska High book series chronicles the romantic shenanigans of a high school marching band in Minnesota. On t...
Surviving A Creative Burnout With Ryanne Glenn
April 05, 2024 20:30 - 32 minutes - 20.2 MBRyanne Glenn began writing as a way to battle depression and continued because she believed she had a story to share. An avid reader herself, Ryanne wanted the chance to add to the bookshelves of young adults everywhere. She is currently signed with Atthis Arts LLC to publish her first young adult fantasy trilogy. Ryanne Glenn is a member of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers in Denver, CO, where she works as an image analyst for a bioscience company. She has a degree in Chemical and Biolo...
Writing Suspense Thrillers with J. Warren Weaver
March 30, 2024 17:24 - 41 minutes - 24.7 MBJustin Weaver, who writes as J. Warren Weaver. is the author of the award winning, international bestselling Shadow of a Spy Trilogy. He lives in small town Colorado, where he enjoys the bountiful great outdoors with his wife, daughter, and three dogs. When his infant child isn't demanding his complete and undivided attention, he writes page-turning thrillers with thought-provoking mysteries. The third volume in Justin’s trilogy, Solace for the Forgotten, comes out in April and he’s got his ...
Pivoting Among Genres With Aimie K. Runyan
March 17, 2024 15:55 - 36 minutes - 23.3 MBHow do you shift easily among writing a variety of genres? Aimie K. Runyan knows a few things about that, especially with the release of her debut women's fiction this month after writing a variety of historical fiction novels. Aimie K. Runyan writes to celebrate history’s unsung heroines. She has been honored as a Historical Novel Society Editors’ Choice selection, as a three-time finalist for the Colorado Book Awards, and as a nominee for the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer of the Year. Ai...
Chatting with the Writers of the Writers Who Read Podcast
March 14, 2024 23:23 - 53 minutes - 34.3 MBThis time on the Rocky Mountain Writer podcast, we get to know the folks behind the Writers Who Read podcast — Gary McBride, Mira Landry, and Whitney Pinion. ++ Gary McBride founded the Writers Who Read novel study group back in August of 2018. After meeting at the Boulder Book Store, the group moved to the Boulder Public Library in 2019 after its adoption as part of the Boulder Writers Alliance. Gary McBride lives just outside of Boulder with his wife Deb and their cats Wallace and ...
Announcing the Title and Authors for the 2024 RMFW Short Story Anthology
March 03, 2024 16:57 - 45 minutes - 28.3 MBLinda (L.V.) Ditchkus has written her whole life. But until eight years ago, her writing was either technical, scholarly, or in travel magazines. In 2015, she jumped into novel writing with both feet. After drafting her first chapter, which only amounted to a few hundred words, she realized she had plenty to learn. So she found a network of writing friends—many through RMFW—who gave her writing tips and pointed her toward writing resources like how-to books and classes. She’s grateful for he...
The Approachability Factor - With Literary Agent Terrie Wolf
February 26, 2024 02:55 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBAfter nearly two decades of interaction with authors, musicians, and dignitaries in the arenas of publishing, international media, large-scale events, and agricultural endeavors, Terrie founded AKA (Also Known As) Literary Management (AKALM) in 2009. As a full member of the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA), she received the Agent of the Year Award in 2021 from American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), was named a “Top 20 of 2020 Agent” by Writer’s Digest and has sold rights in...
Book Marketing: Lessons Learned With Bowen Gillings
February 16, 2024 20:07 - 42 minutes - 26.3 MBBowen Gillings writes to bring fun back to fiction. His latest novel, EXCEPTIONALS was released in 2023 while his short works have been published in anthologies and periodicals. He’s been featured on TV, radio, podcasts, and YouTube channels. His quirky, offbeat tales are lauded as "perfect," "charming,” and "fun," with writing that "boggles the genre mind." Bowen facilitates a variety of writing workshops and is an active member of Pikes Peak Writers, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, the Col...
All You Need To Know To Propose A Workshop For Colorado Gold - With Dani Coleman
February 09, 2024 22:30 - 31 minutes - 20.1 MBDani Coleman is a four-time finalist in RMFW's Colorado Gold novel contest. She works as a scientific computer programmer, karate instructor and parent and has many hobbies that attempt to steal time from her writing. She is also co-chair of the Workshop Selection Committee for the Colorado Gold conference and this time on the podcast we run down all the details about workshop proposals and the submission process, which closes on February 29. To submit a workshop proposal, visit: https:...
Linda Keir: Writing The Royal Game
January 24, 2024 21:07 - 55 minutes - 34.9 MBLinda Keir is the pen name of Linda Joffe Hull and Keir Graff. Their previous titles include The Swing of Things, The Three Mrs. Wrights, and Drowning with Others. Independently, they have published over a dozen novels. You can find them on X @LindaeJH and @KeirGraff. Their latest collaboration, due out on January 30 from Blackstone Publishing, is The Royal Game. For more information: www.LindaJoffeHull.com www.KeirGraff.com. Intro Music by Moby Gratis: https://mobygratis.com ...
Kerrie Faye Launches Her Debut Novel - DEAD GIRL
January 11, 2024 14:56 - 32 minutes - 19.6 MBKerrie Faye is a Gen X wife and mom who found her passion to write later in life. A graduate of Murray State University, she has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. Raised in Western Kentucky, where her debut novel, DEAD GIRL, takes place, the author currently resides near the Rocky Mountain Flatirons in Colorado where there is far less humidity, but not nearly enough BBQ. DEAD GIRL, will be published on February 26, 2024 by The Wild Rose Press. More: https://kerriefayebooks.co...
Tavis Tougaw: A Surprise Three-Book Deal
January 05, 2024 20:16 - 36 minutes - 23.7 MBTravis Tougaw is a writer and editor. He has degrees in English from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. An Air Force Veteran, Travis has worked in a variety of roles, including English teacher, employee educator, and health care administrator. He lives in Denver with his wife and children. Foxholes, coming out January 11 (2024), is his first novel. More: https://travistougaw.com/ Intro Music by Moby Gratis: https://mobygratis.com/...
Mike Torreano: Diving Into Research for Historical Fiction
December 21, 2023 14:36 - 36 minutes - 22.7 MBMike Torreano Mike is a multi-award-winning author of traditional Western mysteries and historical fiction. In the fifth grade, he read his first Zane Grey novel and has been hooked on the Old West ever since. Mike’s debut western mystery, The Reckoning, was released in 2016 by The Wild Rose Press and the sequel, The Renewal, was released in 2018. Both are set in South Park Colorado, circa 1870. He’s now finishing up the third in the South Park series, The Return. The Goodnight-Lovin...
Writing and Publishing on Substack with Jon Rutigliano
December 18, 2023 18:54 - 36 minutes - 24.3 MBJon Christian Rutigliano's credo is that individuals naturally gravitate toward the positive energy in life, and are at their best when left to their own devices. For good or bad, his work will always explore this proposition. When not writing, you can find Jon and his wife Krissy at their Colorado based ranch introducing his two rambunctious boys to mother nature. Jon’s first novel RECLAMATION debuted in 2020. On the podcast, we talk about Jon’s role coordinating agent pitch sessions at Col...
Maria Kelson: The Long Road From Draft to Book Deal
December 09, 2023 16:42 - 46 minutes - 28.7 MBMaria Kelson writes crime fiction, speculative stories, and poetry. She won the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Crime Fiction Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime for her first mystery novel, coming out from Crooked Lane Books in Fall 2024, and her short stories appear in Lightspeed, About Place Journal, and strandmag.com. Her two poetry collections with University of Arizona Press (as Maria Melendez) have been finalists for the International Latino Book Award, PEN America, and Colorado Boo...
Writing Young Adult Fiction With Kris Abel-Helwig
November 28, 2023 19:40 - 35 minutes - 21 MBKris Abel-Helwig is a graphic designer, photographer, and author illustrator of multiple picture books and young adult novels. Fictional characters inhabit her dreams and haunt her nightmares. Their stories emerge while swimming laps, walking pups, and drinking espresso. Substitute teaching inspired her Hero series, recently re-edited and released through Culicidae Press, including the award-winning I Wish My Words Tasted Better. She is currently working on a whodunit modern crime fiction. O...
Shannon Baker: Promoting Books With Others Is More Fun
October 26, 2023 12:23 - 36 minutes - 21.1 MBShannon Baker is author of the Kate Fox Mystery series. Set in rural Nebraska cattle country, according to a starred review in Library Journal, "Baker’s writing evokes the beauty of the Nebraska Sandhills, and her colorful cast of secondary characters adds a depth of charm." Now a resident of Tucson, Baker spent 20 years in the Nebraska Sandhills, where cattle outnumber people by more than 50:1. Shannon is proud to have been chosen Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ 2014 and 2017 Writer of the ...
Kevin Wolf: Being Patient With Your Unpublished Works
October 22, 2023 16:18 - 41 minutes - 25.9 MBKevin Wolf’s debut novel, The Homeplace was the winner of the 2015 Tony Hillerman Award. The novel was a nominee for the 2016 Strand Critics Award for Debut Mystery. His Paranormal Western series Brokeheart (2017)and A Town Called Vengeance (2018) are published by North Star Editions. The great-grandson of Colorado homesteaders, he enjoys fly fishing, old Winchesters, and 1950's Western movies. He lives in Estes Park, Colorado with his wife. Rocky Mountain National Park is his backyard. Ke...
Launching Your Debut Novel With Angela Sylvaine
October 06, 2023 14:54 - 40 minutes - 25.3 MBAngela Sylvaine is a self-proclaimed cheerful goth who still believes in monsters. She adores reading and is always looking for a great book recommendation. Angela writes horror, science fiction, and dark fantasy. She has published one novella, CHOPPING SPREE, and her short stories have appeared in over two dozen publications. Her debut novel, FROST BITE, releases on Tuesday, Oct. 10 from Dark Matter INK. Her debut short story collection, THE DEAD SPOT: Stories of Lost Girls, will be availab...
Writing Mystery Stories With Kerry Hammond
September 29, 2023 13:45 - 38 minutes - 25.4 MBKerry Hammond decided to give up the practice of law to commit crimes—on the page. Her work has appeared in the Malice Domestic Anthologies: Mystery Most Geographical, Mystery Most Diabolical, Mystery Most Traditional, and the upcoming Mystery Patrons Present: Mystery Most International. Her love of travel means that her stories often take place in foreign locales she has (or wants to) visit, or while her characters are enroute to their next adventure. She’s a huge fan of the subtle surprise...
Capturing The Elusive Voice With Callie Stoker
September 22, 2023 16:08 - 34 minutes - 21.9 MBIn fourth grade Callie read The Indian in the Cupboard. The idea of a boy’s toy coming alive in a magic cupboard grabbed a hold of her imagination and never let go. The addiction only increased as she read Roald Dahl, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L’Engle, and the Redwall series. In sixth grade her teacher took away Jane Eyre because it was distracting Callie from her work. In all her reading, one question has always fascinated her. Why do some stories with great ideas fall flat? For the pa...
Book Marketing Basics With Chase Neely and Leverage Brands
September 16, 2023 19:26 - 39 minutes - 25 MBChase Neely is the Co-Founder and President of Leverage Brands. By trade and training, Chase is an intellectual property attorney who helps grammy award winning songwriters, producers, New York Times bestselling authors, and other creative professionals at the intersection between their business and their art. Leverage is the third company Chase founded. He started his own law firm in 2012. Then, in 2016, Chase founded Kirkwood Business Management, Inc., a tax strategy and preparation firm f...
Aimie K. Runyan: A Bakery in Paris
August 29, 2023 13:36 - 37 minutes - 23.9 MBAimie K. Runyan writes to celebrate history’s unsung heroines. Author of seven historical novels, Aimie has been honored as a Historical Novel Society Editors’ Choice selection, as a four-time finalist for the Colorado Book Awards, and as a nominee for the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer of the Year. Aimie is active as an educator and speaker in the writing community and beyond. Her next books, The Castle Keepers (in collaboration with J'nell Ciesielski and Rachel McMillan) and A Bakery ...
Getting in the Groove of Writing a Series with Kathleen Donnelly
August 25, 2023 15:34 - 31 minutes - 20.1 MBAward-winning author Kathleen Donnelly has been a handler for Sherlock Hounds Detection Canines—a Colorado-based narcotics K-9 company—since 2005. Enjoying the work and partnership with the dogs, in 2010, Kathleen became part owner of the company. She loves crafting realism into her fictional stories from her dog-handling experience. Along with working dogs, Kathleen trained horses and enjoys spending time with her own mare. Her love of the mountains came from growing up in Colorado. Her deb...
Thinking About Tense & Voice With Mandy Miller
August 16, 2023 23:38 - 43 minutes - 27.4 MBMandy Miller is a novelist and attorney. She is the author of the Grace Locke Mystery series. She holds a J.D. from Northwestern University, as well as a PhD in Psychology. Her legal specialty is criminal defense, in particular the representation of the mentally ill and criminally insane. The first decade of her legal career, however, was spent on Wall Street as a mergers and acquisitions attorney where her clientele was better dressed, but often equally devious. In her spare time she indu...
Literary Agent Nikki Terpilowski
August 05, 2023 22:35 - 32 minutes - 20.8 MBNikki Terpilowski established Holloway Literary in 2011. She represents award-nominated and best-selling authors in romance, southern fiction, mystery and suspense. Nikki is based in North Carolina. Currently seeking: Romance (small town, historical), suspense and military/political thrillers, lifestyle non-fiction (culinary, hobbies, etc.) YA fantasy and sci-fi, southern fiction, epic historical fiction in the vein of Poldark, magical realism, western fiction. Catch Nikki during her The...
Literary Agent Alec Shane
July 20, 2023 18:51 - 31 minutes - 20.7 MBAlec Shane majored in English at Brown University, a degree he put to immediate use by moving to Los Angeles after graduation to become a professional stunt man. Realizing that he prefers books to breakaway glass, he moved to New York City in 2008 to pursue a career in publishing. Alec quickly found a home at Writers House Literary Agency, where he has been building his list since 2012. Alec is one of the many visiting agents and editors who will attend Colorado Gold in September. ...
Writing and Publishing "Staycation"
July 19, 2023 12:50 - 39 minutes - 24.9 MBRJ CLARK began his career as a child actor. His was the face of the national US Army “Stay in School” ad campaign. RJ also appeared regularly on daytime television and worked on numerous film and commercial projects before inevitably returning to his first true love, writing. As a screenwriter, RJ's screenplays won first prize or placed in the top 5 of nearly every major national—and international—competition worth mentioning. His novella, Two for One launched the indie literary magazine “...
Video Marketing For Authors With Caitlin Berve
July 08, 2023 21:17 - 36 minutes - 23.3 MBCaitlin Berve is a multi-award-winning fantasy author, editor, and speaker. Through Ignited Ink Writing, she edits novels, creates video tutorials, and writes. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics and teaches writing at colleges and writing organizations/conferences. If you're looking to improve your writing or for tips on marketing and publishing your book, check out her blog Ignite Your Ink or YouTube channel Ignited Ink Writing. Caitlin's collection of modern fairy tales When Ma...
Molly McGhee: How Artists Game The System (Colorado Gold Masterclass Preview)
June 25, 2023 00:12 - 43 minutes - 27.6 MBMolly McGhee is from a cluster of small towns just north of Nashville, Tennessee. She writes fiction, essays, and teaches in the undergraduate creative writing department at Columbia University. Her debut novel, Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind, is forthcoming from Astra House in late 2023. Her work has appeared in publications like The Paris Review. In addition to writing, Molly has worked in the editorial and digital departments of McSweeney’s and The Believer as well as MCD and FSG Orig...
40 Years of RMFW: Interview with Susan Mackay Smith
June 17, 2023 13:26 - 31 minutes - 18.9 MBSusan Mackay Smith a.k.a. Mackay Wood, a.k.a. Conan the Grammarian — she has been RMFW’s contest chair, critique chair, anthology editor for Broken Links, Mended Lives (with Jeanne C. Stein and Janet Lane), and president. For a decade, she wrote Conan the Grammarian for the Rocky Mountain Writer, the-then monthly newsletter. She won the Jasmine Award in 2009 and was honored as a Guiding Member in 2019. On the podcast, one of a series of interviews marking the 40th anniversary of Rocky Mount...
L. R. Jones & You Look Beautiful Tonight
June 10, 2023 15:29 - 38 minutes - 25 MBL. R. Jones is a pseudonym for New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones, whose dark, edgy fiction includes the highly acclaimed novels The Poet, A Perfect Lie, and the Lilah Love series. Prior to publishing, Lisa owned a multistate staffing agency recognized by the Austin Business Journal. Lisa was listed as #7 in Entrepreneur magazine’s list of growing women-owned businesses. She lives in Colorado with her husband, a cat who always has something to say, and a golden ...
Kate Jonuska: 2023 Colorado Gold Conference Preview
June 01, 2023 12:45 - 24 minutes - 16.1 MBKate Jonuska is an indie author, freelance writer, and yoga teacher who is currently serving as Conference Co-Chair for Colorado Gold. Kate’s debut novel Transference was a finalist for the 2017 BookLife Prize. And the second edition of her non-fiction book, Dictionary of Fiction Critique, published in 2020. As a part of the critique group 30th Street Fiction, she's published three anthologies, including Broken: A 30th Street Fiction Anthology, currently available in paperback and ebook....
40 Years of RMFW: Interview With Linda Hull
May 12, 2023 14:20 - 41 minutes - 26.8 MBLinda Joffe Hull writes mystery and contemporary fiction under her own name, and with author Keir Graff as part of the writing team known as Linda Keir. Linda has written multiple novels including The Big Bang, Eternally 21, Black Thursday, and Sweetheart Deal. Titles as Linda Keir include The Swing of Things, Drowning with Others, The Three Mrs. Wrights, and The Royal Game which will be released in January, 2024. She also ghostwrites nonfiction and has penned over a dozen memoirs, self-h...
Stephanie Kane & True Crime Redux
May 05, 2023 18:33 - 58 minutes - 37 MBStephanie Kane is a lawyer and award-winning author of seven crime novels and a true crime memoir. After graduating from law school, she was a corporate partner at a top Denver law firm before becoming a criminal defense attorney. She has lectured on money laundering and white-collar crime in Eastern Europe, and given workshops throughout the country on writing technique. Her crime novels include Object Lessons, Automat, A Perfect Eye, Seeds of Doubt, Blind Spot, Extreme Indifference, and...
Wendy Portfors: Writing Novels, Short Stories, and Non-Fiction
April 21, 2023 12:51 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBWendy Portfors currently lives in Diamond Valley, Alberta, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. She had a successful 36-year career with a Canadian Bank, and she has drawn on her experience in banking as the basis for the novel she is currently writing. Her first book titled Remembering Love, Balboa Press, was released in 2016, chronicles her journey following her husband’s cancer diagnosis. She is proud to have been published in three Chicken Soup for the Soul books. In 2021 she publis...
Karen C. Whalen & Eyes On The Road
April 15, 2023 13:16 - 28 minutes - 18 MBKaren C. Whalen is the author of two mystery series for The Wild Rose Press: the Dinner Club Mysteries featuring Jane Marsh, an empty nester who hosts a gourmet dinner club, and the Tow Truck Mysteries starring Delaney Morran, a super feminine shoe-a-holic who drives a tow truck. Both are cozy mysteries about strong friendships and family ties set in Colorado. The first book in the Dinner Club series tied for First Place in the Suspense Novel category of the 2017 IDA Contest sponsored by...
40 Years of RMFW: Interview With Pamela Nowak
March 30, 2023 12:42 - 42 minutes - 26.8 MBPamela Nowak’s historical fiction tells the stories of real women whose stories have been forgotten via a deft combination of research and character development. She’s won a Will Rogers Gold Medallion and a Laramie Award as well as being a dual Feathered Quill finalist and a finalist for the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award. Her historical romance novels have garnered critical acclaim for her ability to weave fictional relationship stories into historical settings and events and have been award...
Steve Stratton & Shadow Tier
March 18, 2023 13:17 - 37 minutes - 26.8 MBSteve Stratton started his military career at the White House Communications Agency supporting the needs of Presidents Ford and Carter, Vice Presidents Rockefeller and Mondale and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. His work took him around the world introducing him to new cultures, ways of thinking, and the various agencies tasked with projecting and protecting American interests abroad. The jump to the US Secret Service was an easy transition but after several years and an election campaig...
Introducing the 2024 RMFW Short Story Anthology
March 03, 2023 23:16 - 38 minutes - 25.4 MBThis time on the Rocky Mountain Writer podcast, a chat with the co-editors of the next Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers short story anthology, to be published in 2024. Those co-editors are Linda Ditchkus and Paul Martz. Linda (L.V.) Ditchkus has written her whole life. But until eight years ago, her writing was either technical, scholarly, or in travel magazines. In 2015, she jumped into novel writing with both feet. After drafting her first chapter, which only amounted to a few hundred wo...
Kate Lansing: The Pros And Cons Of Writing A Series
February 26, 2023 14:28Kate Lansing lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, daughter, and two mischievous kitties. Her love for mysteries began when she devoured From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler as a young girl, and has grown from there. She’s an award-winning mystery novelist and writes the Colorado Wine Mystery series, the fourth book of which, Till Death Do Us Port, will be out March 7, 2023 with Berkley! More: https://katelansing.com/ For video versions of this podcast, subscri...
40 Years of RMFW: Interview With Chris Goff
February 23, 2023 13:48 - 46 minutes - 28 MBChris Goff is an award-winning author of six novels based on environmental themes and two international thrillers. A longtime member of RMFW, she has served as in nearly every capacity from critique chair to President, received a Jasmine Award in 1997, received her PEN Award in 1998, was named Writer of the Year in 2002. She counts among her best friends, many of those she met upon joining RMFW. Chris’ most recent book, RED SKY was a 2018 Colorado Book Award Finalist. Set in Ukraine and As...
Donald Benjamin & The Road to Lavender
February 17, 2023 13:42 - 36 minutes - 22.3 MBDonald Paul Benjamin is an American novelist who specializes in cozy mysteries and high fantasy. He also writes about Colorado history. A U.S. Army veteran, he served three years as a military journalist, including a tour in Korea. Before retiring, the Colorado native worked as an educator for five decades. He lives in Cedaredge, a small town on the Western Slope of Colorado, where he hikes and fishes in the surrounding wilderness. He and his wife, Donna Marie, operate Elevation Press, a ser...
Luann Koester & Hawk's Cry
February 11, 2023 20:38 - 40 minutes - 26.1 MBLuann Koester taught high school language arts, as well as college composition for over 26 years. A fellow of the National and Colorado Writing Projects, she considers herself a writer teaching writers. Luann graduated Cum Laude from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, received a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Colorado College, and a Post Graduate Certificate of Expertise in Writing from the University of Denver. In 2003 and 2021, she was recognized by t...
Mike Torreano & White Sands Gold
February 09, 2023 17:21 - 40 minutes - 24.8 MBMike Torreano is an award-winning author with a military background and a particular interest in American history and the Old West. His debut western mystery, The Reckoning, set in South Park, Colorado in 1868, was released in 2016 by The Wild Rose Press. The sequel, The Renewal, also set in South Park, was released in 2018, with a third western mystery, A Score To Settle, released in 2020. White Sands Gold is his latest western mystery, and was just released by Wild Rose in September 20...
Debra Bokur & The Lava Witch
January 26, 2023 13:27 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBDebra Bokur is the author of The Dark Paradise Mysteries series from Kensington. She’s traveled the world as a writer, journalist and staff editor for various national media outlets, with more than 2,000 print pieces carrying her byline to date. Debra's work has garnered multiple awards, including a 2015 Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism. For more than a decade, she served as the poetry editor at a national literary journal, and her poetry and short fiction have been widely publish...
40 Years of RMFW: Interview with Jasmine Cresswell
January 21, 2023 20:11 - 42 minutes - 26.6 MBJasmine Cresswell was born in Wales and educated in London, England. Recruited by the Foreign Service, she was assigned to the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While in Rio, she met and married Malcolm Candlish and together they immigrated to the United States where he had been offered a job with Colgate Palmolive at corporate headquarters in New York City. Malcolm's career took him to Australia, Canada and five different American states. Jasmine tagged along with their growing...
Dan Lutz - One Writer's Conundrum: Shaping a Novel to Sell
January 15, 2023 16:28 - 31 minutes - 20.7 MBDr. Dan Lutz began his education career and passion for international education as a high school teacher in the Teacher Corps in New York and the Peace Corps in Afghanistan. His career has included training new Peace Corps Volunteers in Iran, helping initiate the development of Korean Heritage Camp for families with adopted children from that country, serving on the Board of Directors for Colorado Heritage Camps, co-founding the International Studies Schools Association (ISSA), and teaching ...