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The Pikes Peak Writers Conference–2019
Read more: The Pikes Peak Writers Conference–2019The Pikes Peak Writers Conference for 2019, held yearly in Colorado Springs, was last weekend, May 3-5, 2019. Here’s a few impressions and takeaways I gleaned from the conference. Not comprehensive by any means. Several speakers at the sessions I attended used the acronym “GMC” in their talks. This stands for “Goal/Motivation/Conflict,” three factors totally…
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Sci-fi Worldbuilding: Anthropology
Read more: Sci-fi Worldbuilding: AnthropologyI just got back from the 2018 edition of the Pike’s Peak Writers Conference, (#PPWC2018) and had a great time. As usual. Lots of good sessions on many different aspects of writing, and had a chance to pitch my first sci-fi novel to an editor. He asked for the first 50 pages, which, by the…
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Pike’s Peak Meeting, 2016
Read more: Pike’s Peak Meeting, 2016Well, I’m back from the 2016 edition of the Pike’s Peak Writers Conference which was held in Colorado Springs around the middle of April. Always a good meeting. Plenty of good workshops to attend, speakers to hear, and people to talk to. I usually have something to say in this venue about one or more of…