Writing Colorado News
Interview with Becky Clark: Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Difficult
By Judith Robbins Rose, Contributing Editor In this age of genre bending and blending, Colorado author Becky Clark stirs up a unique concoction with her comedy cookbooks, doling out the ingredients for living a lazy, low cal lifestyle. Clark was gracious enough to share her recipes for humor at the April 2013 Pikes Peak Writers Conference in Colorado Springs. “You need to inject humor into everything you write,” she says. “Even the most serious thriller needs to let the reader take a breath once in a while.” Clark’s approach to comedy is old...
read moreInterview with Colorado Author Darby Karchut: Writing for Boys
By Judith Robbins Rose, Contributing Editor One look at her impish grin, the freckles sprinkled across her nose, and you imagine the tomboy within. She sees her masculine name as an advantage. And with the recent launch of her fourth novel, she’s had plenty of experience in appealing to the elusive adolescent male reader. Fortunately for the rest of us, Colorado author Darby Karchut is willing to share what she’s gleaned as an author and teacher for teen boys. “We have a sacred mission to portray positive role models,” Karchut told attendees...
read moreBoulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Call for Art
The City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) Department will host an art show in late summer at the Boulder Public Library Canyon Gallery. The show will celebrate art created by the community and inspired by The City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks lands. OSMP is looking for display-ready submissions in any medium – photo, painting, drawing, pastel, writing, sculpture, textile, etc. Each community member is allowed to submit up to three pieces for consideration. Art can be submitted by any age and level...
read moreTeresa Louis Accepted to Big Sur in the Rockies Writing Workshop in Boulder
Teresa Louis, President of Boulder Writers’ Workshop, has been accepted to Big Sur in the Rockies writing workshop, May 2013. Potential participants were asked to submit ten pages of either a work in progress or an unpublished finished manuscript for critique. Only 70 submitters were accepted to the workshop, which is sponsored by the Andrea Brown Agency and the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Louis’ finished manuscript, Looking for Home, is a young adult historical fiction. It’s about a sixteen-year-old girl,...
read moreIf I’m Post-Obsolescent Do I Still Have to Write This?
Review of a Presentation by Eric A. Meyer By Michael Carson, BWW Vice President & WCN Contributing Editor We went to a literary salon Saturday and an existential meditation broke out. Except it’s hard to quiet your mind when the “talk” is delivered by a female robo-voiceover; the quite alive non-robo speaker Eric Meyer utters not a single word but does fling overhead projector slides onto the floor, cued by a loud relentless “Ding,” and the audience is asked to say “rhizome” not once, but twice. Plus the...
read moreProfessional Member Paula Glasscock Accepted for Big Sur Conference Critique
BWW Professional Member Paula Glasscock has had a portion of her young adult novel, Murder for a Jar of Red Rum, accepted for critique by the Big Sur Workshop. The Big Sur Workshop is put on by the Society of Children’s Book Writers’ and Illustrators (SCBWI) and will be held in Boulder, Colorado, this year. Her book is part of an ongoing series and is in progress. It is about fourteen-year-old twins whose parents are kidnapped by an underground organization who are bent on taking of the world’s art and antiquities treasures. They must...
read moreMember Spotlight: Teresa Louis, Author and Artist, Discusses Her Writing Journey
Interview by Karen Douglass, BWW Advisory Board Member Teresa Louis is the author and illustrator of In the Herbary: Herbal Poetry, Recipes & Tips (Green Fuse Press 2011). Her work has also been published in IMPROV, Xposé, Writing Colorado News, Expedition Underground, Examiner and the Loveland Community Business Journal. Louis taught English and art in public and private schools for twenty years. She recently left teaching to create more time to pursue her writing and now works part-time as a writing consultant, both freelance and at the...
read moreMay 7, 2013: Webinar – Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling for Novelists
If you are still struggling to attract an agent or publisher for your novel, this workshop is for you. We’ll talk about the work you’ll need to do to break through the glass ceiling by preparing a publication-worthy manuscript. You’ll learn about common challenges that hold novels back and how to address them. Participants will receive a list of resources for and a coupon for a $15 off an hour coaching session The webinar runs from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., on Monday, May 7, 2013, with time for questions. The URL will be e-mailed to...
read moreApril 23, 2013 – Gail Storey Launches I PROMISE NOT TO SUFFER at Boulder Bookstore
Gail Storey will be at The Boulder Book Store on Tuesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. for the Boulder book launch and reading from her memoir, I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail. I Promise Not to Suffer is the hilariously harrowing story of Gail and Porter’s hike of the 2,663-mile trail from Mexico to Canada over the highest mountains of California, Oregon, and Washington. In their fifties, they carried Porter’s homemade ultralight gear to climb and descend twenty miles a day, trudge across the searing Mojave...
read moreJune 22, 2013 – Quick as a Flash: Perfecting Petite Prose (Free Member Workshop)
Today’s finest writing comes in a small package. We’ll take a brief look at flash fiction, nonfiction prose and service pieces, including the best way to wrangle a few hundred words and the markets that publish short pieces. We’ll talk about compressing plot and characterization and how to economize on words. You’ll leave with handouts and brimming with ideas. The workshop runs from 10 a.m. to noon at the Villas at the Atrium, 3350 30th Street in Boulder, Colorado. (Please note the earlier start time). The workshop is part of a free...
read moreJuly 27, 2013 – Pitch Perfect: Writing a Proposal an Agent Will Love
Whether your book is still a gleam in your eye or several drafts in, you’ll need a professional proposal to attract agents and publishers. This workshop with Writing Coach Lori DeBoer gives you the tools and guidance to do your book justice. You’ll learn how to go about researching agents and publishers and how to pitch to them. You will explore the elements of a book proposal, including the hook, cover letter and synopsis. The workshop runs from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at the Villas at the Atrium, 3350 30th Street...
read moreOctober 13, 2013 – Webinar: Na-No-Wri-Mo Prep
National Novel Writing Month has become a treasured tradition for aspiring novelists, who race to write a 50,000-word (or longer) novel during the month of November. Though you can’t enter prose you’ve already written, you can map out a plan. In this workshop, you’ll how to prep for NaNoWriMo–including how to do plot points and character sketches–as well as strategies that will help you write with more focus. The webinar runs from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., with time for questions, at a popular webinar site. Please...
read moreBestselling Author John Shors to Sign Temple of a Thousand Faces at Boulder Book Store on February 20, 2013
Colorado Author John Shors will be signing his most recent book, Temple of a Thousand Faces, at the Boulder Book Store at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Shors, the author of several international bestselling books, is a Boulder Writers’ Workshop professional member and fiction instructor. Temple of a Thousand Faces, brings to life the legendary temple of Angkor Wat. In a story set nearly a thousand years ago, an empire is lost, a royal love is tested, and heroism is reborn. Moving from a poor fisherman’s family that take up...
read morePeter Eichstaedt’s Book, ABOVE THE DIN OF WAR, Gives Voice to Everyday People in Afghanistan
Colorado Author Peter Eichstaedt’s forthcoming book, Above the Din of War: Afghans Speak about Their Lives, Their Country, and Their Future—and Why America Should Listen, was listed by Publisher’s Weekly has one of its Top Ten books in the history/military history category for Spring 2013. Peter is a Professional Member of the Boulder Writers’ Workshop and serves on our advisory board. Eichstaedt’s book is timely because once international forces vacate Afghanistan in 2014, hope for the country will lie solely with its people. Above the Din...
read moreSharing Adventures: Highlights from the BWW Literary Salon hosted by Marty Brodsky
by Teresa Louis, Boulder Writers’ Workshop President Marty Brodsky, writer and editor-in-chief of Expedition Underground, hosted the first February salon for Boulder Writers’ Workshop. He opened the salon by reading two of his adventure essays, “Desert Rats” and “The Door,” which can be found on his website of adventure stories at www.expeditionunderground.com. He then read lyrics to a couple of songs he has composed and the beginning of a novel he’s writing. (Memorable line: “Time burned away...
read moreColorado Author Cheryl Carpinello Discusses Writing Medieval Fiction for the Younger Set
By Denise Schurr, Contributing Editor Colorado author Cheryl Carpinello taught high school English for many years and has retired twice. She enjoys working with the kids so much that she tends to forget all the extra hours her job requires to plan and grade papers. Her book Guinevere: On the Eve of Legend was a Finalist in the 2011 Global eBook Awards for Pre-Teen Fiction. The King’s Ransom (Young Knights of the Round Table) was the 2012 Silver Award Recipient for YA Fiction from Children’s Literary Classics and also earned the CLC’s Seal of...
read moreMember Spotlight: Todd Newton Talks About Childhood Influences, Creating New Worlds and a Prequel to The Ninth Avatar.
By Karen Hemmerle, Contributing Editor Todd Newton is originally from California but moved to Denver in 2005. He prefers Fantasy to Sci-Fi and autumn to spring, loves IPAs and Stouts, smokes a cigar now and then, and believes vulgar language is still language. In his spare time he enjoys cooking tasty food, collecting distinctive footwear (often while traveling to exotic destinations), and conversations over coffee. He’s a lot like James Bond… minus the British accent, tuxedo, martinis, and license to kill. Boulder...
read moreMember Spotlight: Jesaka Long Talks About Freelancing for Big Companies, Social Media and Finding One’s Voice as Memoirist
by j.a. kazimer, Contributing Editor With a strong sense of voice and the need to nurture this in both writers and companies, Jesaka Long is a freelancer to the stars, or at least Starbucks. Her resume reads like a “how-to” make a fabulous and successful career from freelancing. Working with some of the top names in non-profits and business like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one can only wonder about the key to her success and dream of mimicking it. Besides being a freelance writer and copyeditor, Jesaka is a memoir writer with a...
read moreBobbie Louise Hawkins Poetry and Prose Reading
Bobbie Louise Hawkins will be reading from two of her recent books, Selected Prose of Bobbie Louise Hawkins (BlazeVOX 2012) and Fifteen Poems (Belladonna, May 2012) Thursday, December 20th, at the Villas at the Atrium in Boulder. Her book, Fifteen Poems, is a republication of a lyrical sequence of poems that Bobbie Louise Hawkins wrote and read in 1971 in Bolinas. This book includes an introduction by Robert Duncan (1973) and an interview of Hawkins and Barbara Henning talking about the poems and the context (2012). In considering her book,...
read moreOctober 4 – Wading In: Introduction to Creative Writing with Karen Douglass
Thursday October 4, 2012 – Thursday October 4, 2012 2060 North Broadway Map and Directions | Register Description: Wade into creative writing in this introductory course with Author Karen Douglass. You’ll start your investigation with a query into creativity and creative writing, including purpose and audience. You’ll gain an overview of the various genres, including fiction, poetry, nonfiction and drama. You’ll be introduced to ways to get your creative juices flowing, including free writing, mind mapping, drafting,...
read more
