Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
286 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 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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David Slayton & Trailer Park Trickster
September 17, 2021 16:26 - 54 minutes - 40.6 MBDavid R. Slayton grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where finding fantasy novels was pretty challenging and finding fantasy novels with diverse characters was downright impossible. Now he lives in Denver, Colorado and write the books he always wanted to read. His latest novel, due out in October, is Trailer Park Trickster. NOTE! Stay tuned after the interview for the audio book version of chapter one from his first novel, White Trash Warlock. More: https://davidrslayton.com/ Intro Music ...
RMFW President Sue Duff Loeffler - COVID Protections for Colorado Gold
September 14, 2021 13:25 - 20 minutes - 14.7 MBA conversation with RMFW president Sue Duff Loeffler about the protections being put in place for the Colorado Gold conference coming up Oct. 15 - 17 in Denver. More about the conference: https://rmfw.org/conference-2021/ Intro Music by Moby Gratis: https://mobygratis.com/ Outro Music by Dan-o-Songs: https://danosongs.com/
Kerry Anne King - "Other People's Things" and Two Workshops at Colorado Gold
September 10, 2021 20:10 - 35 minutes - 26.1 MBKerry Anne King (who also writes as Kerry Schafer) is a Washington Post and Amazon charts bestselling author who writes compelling and transformational stories about family and personal growth. She loves to add in mystery, humor and an undercurrent of romance, and celebrates when she succeeds in making readers both laugh and cry. Kerry Anne has been chosen as the 2020 Writer of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Association. Her most recent novel, Everything You Are, is a final...
Shannon Baker - The Kate Fox Series, Structuring a Novel, and Interviewing a Renowned Mystery Writer
September 03, 2021 12:54 - 39 minutes - 90.3 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 ...
Stephanie Kane - Two New Books, Two Workshops at Colorado Gold
August 20, 2021 15:10 - 46 minutes - 28.2 MBStephanie Kane is a lawyer and award-winning author of seven crime novels. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she came to Colorado as a freshman at The University of Colorado. A second-degree black belt, she owned and ran a karate studio in Boulder. After becoming a corporate partner at a top Denver law firm, she quit to do criminal defense work. She lives in Denver with her husband and two black cats. Stephanie’s legal thrillers starring defense lawyer Jackie Flowers have won the Colorado Book...
Claire Fishback & The Gorging of Souls
August 15, 2021 15:07 - 35 minutes - 23.1 MBAward winning author Claire L. Fishback lives in Morrison, Colorado with her loving husband and their pit bull mix. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys hiking, drawing, and adding to her bone collection, though she would rather be stretched out on the couch with a good book (or poking dead things with sticks). Claire’s new book, The Gorging of Souls, publishes on Thursday, Aug. 19. Link to Claire’s books on her website: www.clairelfishback.com/books Intro Music by Moby Gratis: https...
2021 Colorado Gold Keynote Speaker Gail Carriger
July 31, 2021 15:40 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBGail Carriger writes comedies of manners mixed with paranormal romance (and sexy urban fantasy as G. L. Carriger). Her steampunk books include the Parasol Protectorate, Custard Protocol, Supernatural Society, and Delightfully Deadly series for adults, and the Finishing School series for young adults. Gail is published in many languages and has over a dozen NYT bestsellers. She was once an archaeologist and is overly fond of shoes, octopuses, and tea. Gail is also a keynote speaker at the...
Kathleen Donnelly & Chasing Justice
July 25, 2021 16:42 - 32 minutes - 21.9 MBKathleen Donnelly is a K-9 handler for Sherlock Hounds Detection Canines—a Colorado based private narcotics K-9 company. In 2015, she was the recipient of the Lisa Jackson scholarship to attend Killer Nashville. In 2017, her novel was a Killer Nashville Claymore Top 20 Finalist. In 2018, Kathleen placed second in the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer’s Colorado Gold Contest. Her debut romantic suspense, Chasing Justice, published by Carina Press, will be released in June of 2022. She lives in Be...
2021 Colorado Gold Keynote Speaker John DeDakis
July 16, 2021 22:13 - 44 minutes - 32.4 MBNovelist and writing coach John DeDakis is a former editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." DeDakis is the author of five mystery-suspense novels. His fourth novel, Bullet in the Chamber, was the winner of Reviewers Choice, Foreword INDIES, and Feathered Quill book awards. In his most recent novel, Fake, protagonist Lark Chadwick is a White House correspondent trying to walk the line between personal feelings and dispassionate objectivity in the era of “fake news” and #...
Kerry Schafer & Going Indie With "Dead Before Dinner"
July 06, 2021 11:56 - 39 minutes - 27.7 MBKerry Schafer writes fantasy and paranormal mysteries featuring fun supernatural chills, dark humor, and quirky characters. In addition to writing, she is enthusiastic about encouraging and supporting other writers as a mindset coach and speaker. When not absorbed in creative pursuits, you'll find Kerry hanging out with her real-life Viking on their little piece of heaven in rural northeastern Washington. She also writes bestselling family dramas as Kerry Anne King. Although Kerry continue...
Ashley Wyrick & Writing Query Letters that are "Simple, Solid, Striking"
July 02, 2021 22:12 - 35 minutes - 24 MBAshley Wyrick is the owner and chief editor of Status Quill, an editing firm she founded in 2015. With over seven years of experience in the traditional industry and more as a freelancer, she is passionate about culture rattling literature. Ashley is one of the master class teachers at the Colorado Gold conference in October. She’s teaching a three-hour class called “Queries: Simple, Solid, Striking.” More about Ashley's business here: http://www.statusquill.com/ Intro Music by Moby ...
2021 Colorado Gold Keynote Speaker Rachel Howzell Hall
June 24, 2021 22:49 - 39 minutes - 90.2 MBRachel Howzell Hall, one of the amazing keynote speakers coming to Colorado Gold this October, is the critically acclaimed author and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist for And Now She's Gone. A New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister with James Patterson, Rachel is an Anthony, International Thriller Writers and Lefty Award nominee. She's also the author of They All Fall Down, and four novels in a series featuring detective Elouise Norton: Land of Shadows, Skies of Ash, Trail...
All About the 2021 Edition of the Colorado Gold Writing Conference with Kate Jonuska and Mira Landry
June 05, 2021 14:41 - 39 minutes - 45.3 MBThis time on the Rocky Mountain Writer podcast, all about the 2021 edition of the Colorado Gold Writing Conference coming up in October -- October 15 through 17 to be precise. The guests are co-chairs Mira Landry and Kate Jonuska and we cover keynote speakers, agents, a new virtual component, agent pitches, a new bookstore partnership, types of workshops that will be offered and much, much more. Mira Landry is a writer working on literary and upmarket women’s fiction, her most recent bei...
L.R. Braden & Of Mettle & Magic
May 29, 2021 16:24 - 34 minutes - 79.3 MBBorn and raised in Colorado, LR Braden makes her home in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her wonderful husband, precocious daughter, and psychotic cat. She is the bestselling author of The Magicsmith urban fantasy series. Her first book, "A Drop of Magic," won the 2020 Eric Hoffer Award for Sci-Fi/Fantasy, the First Horizon Award for debut authors, and the Imadjinn Award for Best Urban Fantasy. With degrees in both English literature and metalsmithing, she splits her time between w...
Writer of the Year Nominees - L.R. Braden, Sue Hinkin & Cindi Myers
May 20, 2021 13:49 - 46 minutes - 53 MBOn the podcast this time, an interview with the three nominees for 2021 Writer of the Year: L.R. Braden, Sue Hinkin, and Cindi Myers. L.R. Braden is the bestselling author of the Magicsmith urban fantasy series. Her debut novel, A Drop of Magic, came out in July of 2019. By July 2020, she had four books and three audiobooks published in the Magicsmith series, had achieved #1 bestseller status on several Amazon lists, and been honored with multiple awards, including the RMFW Pen Award f...
Mario Acevedo & Luther, Wyoming
May 15, 2021 14:52 - 41 minutes - 48.1 MBMario Acevedo is the author of the bestselling Felix Gomez detective-vampire series, which includes Rescue From Planet Pleasure from WordFire Press. His debut novel, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, was chosen by Barnes & Noble as one of the best Paranormal Fantasy Novels of the Decade and was a finalist for a Colorado Book Award. Mario cntributed two stories for the award-winning horror anthology, Nightmares Unhinged, by Hex Publishers. His novel, Good Money Gone, co-authored with Richard ...
Doug Adcock & The Edward Hunter Spy Adventure Series
May 10, 2021 22:33 - 42 minutes - 97 MBDoug Adcock has been writing for thirty years, but published his first Edward Hunter adventure in 2016. He taught English, history, and drama to over 1000 students on four continents. Now retired, he splits his time between Colorado and Vermont. Besides writing, he skis, plays trombone, sings, square dances, bakes bread, and travels extensively. The three books in his Edward Hunter series to date are Rebellion, Massacre, and Blood Water. Stay tuned after the interview for a reading fro...
Rachel Dempsey & The Social Dilemma
May 01, 2021 15:36 - 41 minutes - 47.8 MBRachel Dempsey has written and directed over a dozen plays for numerous acclaimed theater organizations such as Imagination Stage and ArtStream. Her prose won first prize in The Colorado Gold Rush Literary Awards and also won the Denver Women’s Press Club Emerging Writers Contest. She holds a BFA in Drama and English from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and a Master’s degree in Journalism from Georgetown University. She lives in Denver, where she currently writes and waits for live theate...
Independent Writer of the Year Nominees - Helen Starbuck, Tom Farrell, and Andre Gonzalez
April 21, 2021 22:15 - 47 minutes - 54.2 MBThis time on the podcast, a group interview with the three nominees for Independent Writer of the Year. Andre Gonzalez is the international bestselling author of the Wealth of Time Series. He writes time-travel, thriller, and horror books after spending many years reading and studying the works of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Keeping readers up late and their hearts pumping a bit faster than normal is his ultimate goal. Andre is currently serving in his third year as the IPAL Liaison ...
ZJ Czupor and Sue Hinkin: All About the 2021 Colorado Gold Rush Literary Awards
April 11, 2021 16:04 - 40 minutes - 46.6 MBThis time on the podcast, all about the 2021 edition of the Colorado Gold Rush Literary Awards. The guests are contest co-chairs ZJ Czupor and Sue Hinkin. ZJ Czupor writes mysteries, thrillers, and poetry. His novel excerpts have been winners or finalists in the Freddie Award for Writing Excellence, Southeastern Writers; Whodunit Mystery Writing (Mystery Fest Key West); and Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. A screenplay he wrote was a finalist for the Bogart Noir Short Film Competition in ...
Joy Meredith & Old Cravings
April 03, 2021 14:28 - 31 minutes - 36.5 MBJoy Meredith, who writes as Joy Jarrett, enjoys imagining something creepy in every situation, starting with a fourth-grade theater production when she became convinced a monster lived under the stage. She might not let different foods touch on her plate, yet she's fearless when it comes to mixing love stories and horror in her scary good romances. Joy is currently a school librarian, but has worked in a pet store, a safari park, and vet hospitals and holds a Zoology degree. Animals alwa...
Amy Drayer & The 2022 RMFW Anthology
March 29, 2021 22:21 - 36 minutes - 41.6 MBAmy Drayer grew up a free-range kid on a charming island in the Pacific Northwest, then migrated south to attend Scripps College in California. She later moved to Washington, D.C. where she worked in politics for far too long. Amy is a graduate of the inimitable Lighthouse Writers Workshop Book Project, an enthusiastic member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and Sisters in Crime, Managing Editor of the museum of americana literary journal, and the Editor of the 2022 Rocky Mountain Ficti...
Mandy Miller & States of Grace
March 21, 2021 20:43 - 34 minutes - 78.9 MBMandy Miller is an attorney and holds a J.D. from Northwestern University, as well as a PhD degree in Psychology. She specializes in the representation of the mentally ill and criminally insane. The first half of her career was spent as a mergers and acquisitions attorney on Wall Street where the clientele was better dressed than her criminal clients, but, frequently, equally devious. In her spare time, she indulges her reading vice and participates in ultramarathons, a sport much like w...
Karla M. Jay & It Happened In Silence
March 14, 2021 16:37 - 40 minutes - 46.9 MBKarla M. Jay has wanted to write books since she was seven. Originally from the east coast, she makes her home in Salt Lake City. Over the years she has written in several different genres ranging from humor to noir, but currently is focused on historical fiction. When she's not writing, she's reading, gardening, playing with her dog, or traveling to new places to try to find a story that has never been told. Karla M. Jay's website. Intro music by Moby Outro by Dan-o-Songs
Maggie Smith: How To Be A Top-Notch Podcast Guest
March 09, 2021 15:34 - 36 minutes - 41.3 MBNOTE: Apologies for audio issues on the first recording of this conversation. This version is new and clear. Maggie Smith lives in Wisconsin and her debut novel, Truth & Other Lies, will be published by Ten16Press in March 2022. She’s the host of the weekly podcast Hear Us Roar (available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google) where she interviews debut women’s fiction authors about their novel and their path to publication. Maggie's first-ever short story, "The Devil You Know," appea...
Maggie Smith: How to be a Top-Notch Podcast Guest
March 07, 2021 14:49 - 39 minutes - 45.1 MBMaggie Smith lives in Wisconsin and her debut novel, Truth & Other Lies, will be published by Ten16Press in March 2022. Maggie is also the host of the weekly podcast Hear Us Roar (available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google) where she interviews debut women’s fiction authors about their novel and their path to publication. Maggie's first-ever short story, The Devil You Know, appeared in the RMFW’s 2018 anthology False Faces and she’s also a regular monthly blogger for RMFW. A boar...
Tom Farrell & WagerEasy
February 22, 2021 20:40 - 34 minutes - 39.5 MBTom Farrell has worked as a golf course starter, a chemist and clerked at City Hall in Chicago while attending law school. He has served as Vice-President of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, a nonprofit corporation, and was a past finalist in the Pikes Peak Writer’s Contest in the Mystery, Suspense and Thriller category. Now retired from practicing law, when he’s not handicapping he can be found on the golf course or at a local jazz club. Tom's debut novel, WagerEasy, was just published thi...
Bonnie McCune and Kathleen Duhamel: Writing Romance in 2021
February 14, 2021 16:37 - 35 minutes - 40.7 MBIt's Valentine's Day so we are talking about writing romance on the Rocky Mountain Writer podcast with Bonnie McCune and Kathleen Duhamel. Kathleen Duhamel wrote and illustrated her first short story at the age of eight and has considered herself a storyteller ever since. After growing up in a small Texas town, she earned a master's degree in communications from Texas Tech University before relocating to Colorado. Her love of the written word continued throughout her varied career as a...
Tasha Christensen & As You Were
February 07, 2021 16:35 - 35 minutes - 40.8 MBTasha Christensen believes the best love stories are found in the geekiest places. When not composing tuba closet make-out scenes, Christensen enjoys writing music, losing friends via Among Us, and exploring the gorgeous Rocky Mountains near her home. She lives with her husband, daughters, and an overly affectionate mutt named after her favorite Stranger Things character. Her debut novel, As You Were, comes out August 2021. Website. On Instagram. On Twitter.
Kate Lansing & A Pairing to Die For
January 31, 2021 16:10 - 38 minutes - 44.6 MBKate Lansing lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, daughter, and a chair-napping tabby cat named Maple. Kate's 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. An award-winning short story author, her work has appeared in the Brave New Girls Anthology and the Crossing Colfax Anthology. Her debut novel, Killer Chardonnay, was published last summer and the sequel, A Pairing to Die For, was relea...
Pam Nowak & Never Let Go
January 24, 2021 17:36 - 32 minutes - 37.7 MBPamela Nowak has been an RMFW member since 1993. She’s served in multiple board positions and volunteer roles including president and conference chair (2009-11). As a writer, she is passionate about the American West, those who lived there, relationships, and the interweaving of fact and fiction. A former RMFW Writer of the Year, her western novels have won the WILLA Finalist Award, the Colorado Book Award, the HOLT Medallion, and HOLT Awards of Merit. Pam's latest book (just out) is ...
Paul Martz & Life as a New Writer
January 17, 2021 19:31 - 34 minutes - 39.1 MBPaul Martz is a new science fiction author, technology blogger, and former punk rock drummer. Before focusing on fiction and blogging, he wrote virtual reality computer programs and really boring technical books. Originally from Michigan, Paul resides in Erie, Colorado, where he tries to avoid reliving his punk rock days. He is still trying to teach his cat to play drums. Intro music by Moby Outro by Dan-o-Songs
Anita Mumm & The Pitch Perfect Workshop - How to Make the Most of Face Time With an Agent
January 10, 2021 16:48 - 33 minutes - 38.4 MBAnita Mumm is an independent developmental editor, ghostwriter, and publishing consultant. Her home base is Salida, Colorado, where she co-hosts the Salida Writers Retreat. Anita works with authors at all stages of their career, from first-time novelists to New York Times and international bestsellers. Previously, she worked in submissions and foreign rights at Nelson Literary Agency. Read more about her work at www.anitamumm.com. She will also lead a workshop - PITCH PERFECT: How to...
Linda Ditchkus & Tips on Writing Series Fiction
January 02, 2021 21:33 - 40 minutes - 46.1 MBLinda Ditchkus, who writes as L.V. DITCHKUS, has a new short story in the anthology FIRST ENCOUNTERS, published recently by RMFW's speculative fiction critique group She is also the author of The Sasquatch Series: Book I - Crimes of the Sasquatch, Book II - Mission of the Sasquatch, and Book III - Legacy of the Sasquatch. Watch for Book IV - Passage of the Sasquatch, which will be released in 2021. Her new series, The Chrom Y Chronicles is in development. The first book, Chrom Y Return...
Wendy Howard & Paul Martz - First Encounters
December 21, 2020 13:41 - 36 minutes - 42.4 MBWendy Howard, who writes under the name Winnie Jean Howard, leads the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Speculative Fiction Critique Group. She writes a mix of horror, sci fi, and comedy. Her main focus is creating fast-paced, action-packed stories with unique and outrageous characters. Paul Martz is new to writing speculative fiction. His first two short stories appear in the RMFW Wild anthology and First Encounters, a new short story anthology produced by the Speculative Fiction Critique...
Melissa Payne & Memories in the Drift
December 13, 2020 16:12 - 43 minutes - 50 MBAs a middle child, Melissa Payne was born to tell stories. What started with blaming her brother for breaking the car window evolved to a graduate thesis that she desperately wishes she could rewrite to blogging on motherhood and marriage. Now she likes to create stories set in wild and beautiful places with characters in flawed and imperfect relationships, whether that's between a mother and a daughter, friends or strangers. And imagining all of it with just a hint of the ethereal, a whispe...
Bonnie McCune & The Passion for Writing
December 07, 2020 14:38 - 34 minutes - 39.5 MBBonnie McCune has been writing since age ten, when she submitted a poem about rain rushing down the gutter to the Saturday Evening Post (it was immediately rejected). This interest ignited a passion for writing of all types. Her interest in writing led to her career in nonprofits focusing on public and community relations and marketing. Her mania is fiction, and her pieces have won several awards. Bonnie has published three women's novels and two novellas. She lives in Denver and has a h...
RMFW Pitch Fest Details With Kevin Wolf and Anne Marie
November 25, 2020 16:18 - 39 minutes - 45.5 MBPitch Fest is coming. Repeat: Pitch Fest is coming. Saturday, Jan. 30! A key registration date for RMFW member is coming up next week -- on Tuesday, Dec. 1. On the podcast this time, we've got the organizers of Pitch Fest with all the critical details. Anne Marie is the Denver Programs Chair for RMFW. She grew up in Aurora, CO. She attended the University of Colorado for a BA in English Literature, where she fell in love with folklore and myths from around the world. She adores l...
Kris Abel-Helwig & I Wish My Words Tasted Better
November 17, 2020 18:29 - 34 minutes - 39.2 MBMajoring in Graphic Design at the University of Illinois led to Kris Abel-Helwig's career in visual communications in Chicago. After marrying her best friend, Kris worked in cities throughout the United States as the couple moved from coast to coast courtesy of the U.S. Navy. Fifteen moves and three active-duty military sons later, Kris settled forever in Colorado, but an opportunity prompted a sixteenth move to Iowa. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, Kris has thrived and written, ...
James Persichetti & The Sapling's Curse
November 08, 2020 21:57 - 37 minutes - 42.5 MBJames is a writer, freelance developmental editor, and teacher for writing craft workshops. His debut, The Sapling's Curse, is a gay romance Arthurian legends graphic novel, illustrated by LB, and will publish in 2023 with HMH. James' short fiction appears in the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers 2020 Anthology WILD. When not writing, he enjoys dabbling in foreign languages, including Italian and Japanese. He can be found on Twitter @JPPersichetti. Intro music by Moby Outro by Dan-o-S...
PG Lengsfelder & Our Song, Memento Mori
November 01, 2020 16:44 - 33 minutes - 38.8 MBPG Lengsfelder wrote and edited his first newspaper at age 7, a time when he thought he was destined to be a fireman or a forest ranger. But when sales of his paper reached a heady circulation of 10 (at 5 cents a copy!) he was hooked: he had readers. He's been writing ever since. PG co-authored the best-selling nonfiction book Filthy Rich and his acclaimed first novel, the mystical Beautiful to the Bone, was published in 2016. PG has written for numerous publications including Frontier...
Gwen Florio & Best Laid Plans
October 23, 2020 22:30 - 40 minutes - 46.1 MBGwen Florio, who lives in Montana, is the author of the award-winning Lola Wicks crime series, as well as Silent Hearts, a standalone novel set in Afghanistan. A new crime series, being published by Severn House, launches in February 2021. In the first novel, Best Laid Plans, a woman who goes on the run with her Airstream trailer. Intro music by Moby Outro by Dan-o-Songs
TH Leatherman & Twin Sons
October 17, 2020 18:58 - 37 minutes - 42.6 MBTodd Leatherman, who writes as TH Leatherman, is a writer from Firestone, Colorado. He enjoys science fiction, fantasy, wine making, and the Rocky Mountain lifestyle. When not busy writing his next book, he can be found hiking with his wife and two sons, or walking his rescued dogs. Todd graduated Summa Cum Laude from Regis University with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Psychology. The latest entry in The Burning Son series was published in late September. It's the fo...
Teresa Funke & The Spanish Translation of V for Victory
October 04, 2020 14:54 - 38 minutes - 44.2 MBTeresa Funke is the author of seven novels for adults and children about World War II, including Remember Wake, Dancing in Combat Boots, Doing My Part, The No-No Boys, V for Victory, Wave Me Good-bye, and War on a Sunday Morning. Her short stories, articles, and essays have appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and anthologies. Two of her essays were listed as Notable Essays by the prestigious "Best American Essays" series. She also writes a popular blog, "Bursts of Brilliance for ...
Jason Henry Evans - New Education Chair for RMFW
September 27, 2020 14:01 - 42 minutes - 49.1 MBJason Henry Evans has been an active member in the Colorado Writing community for over five years. Recently, he volunteered to be Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' new education chair. Jason's debut novel, the Gallowglass was released in July of 2019 to much acclaim. He has had a dozen short stories published and has taught writing classes at various events, including the Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Denver Pop Culture Con, and the Colorado Gold. He is married to his wife, The Fetching...
Panel: Writer of the Year & Independent Writer of the Year
September 23, 2020 13:32 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBThis episode of the Rocky Mountain Writer podcast is the audio from the Writer of the Year and the Independent Writer of the Year panel held on August 27. This was an online event with Writer of the Year Kerry Schafer, Independent Writer of the Year Bernadette Marie, and two Independent Writer of the Year finalists - Andre Gonzalez and Laura Van Arendonk Baugh. Writer of the Year finalists Marc Graham and Jeff Seymour were unable to attend this event. For more information on all six writ...
Kerry Anne King & A Borrowed Life
September 20, 2020 15:27 - 42 minutes - 48.5 MBKerry Anne King (who also writes as Kerry Schafer) is a Washington Post and Amazon charts bestselling author who writes compelling and transformational stories about family and personal growth. She loves to add in mystery, humor and an undercurrent of romance, and celebrates when she succeeds in making readers both laugh and cry. Kerry Anne has been chosen as the 2020 Writer of the Year by the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Association. Her most recent novel, Everything You Are, is a f...
Linda Keir & The Three Mrs. Wrights
September 15, 2020 12:50 - 44 minutes - 51.2 MBOn the podcast this time, the writing team that goes by the name Linda Keir. Linda Joffe Hull writes mystery and contemporary fiction under her own name, and with Keir Graff. Recent Linda Keir titles Drowning with Others and The Swing of Things. Linda Hull is a native of Saint Louis, Missouri, but lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and family. She is a former president of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and a past board member of Mystery Writers of America. Keir Graff write...
WILD: Uncivilized Tales - Five Readings
August 30, 2020 15:53 - 32 minutes - 37.4 MBIn the previous episode, we chatted with Rachel Delaney Craft and Natasha Watts, the co-editors of WILD: Uncivilized Tales, the soon-to-be released short story anthology from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. This time, in a companion episode to that one, five writers in all read the opening minutes of their entries in Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' latest anthology, being released on Sept. 11. The five writers are Carina Bissett, Kendra Merritt, Stephan Hillard, James Persichetti, and An...
Rachel Delaney Craft, Natasha Watts & WILD: Uncivilized Tales
August 24, 2020 13:54 - 33 minutes - 38.4 MBThis week, a chat with the co-editors of WILD, the soon-to-be released short story anthology from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. Rachel Delaney Craft writes speculative fiction for children and teens. Her work has appeared in publications such as Cricket, Spider, Cast of Wonders, Luna Station Quarterly, and the award-winning anthology (also from RMFW) FOUND. She does most of her writing with her dog snoring at her feet. Natasha Watts is an occasional contributor to the Rocky Mountain ...