Ron | August 17, 2010
It’s always a thrill when one of our own releases a debut novel, and it’s even more of a thrill when she takes some time from a busy book tour to present the third and final of our Sizzling Summer Write Brain series. Longtime PPW member Deborah Coonts spiced up her Finding Your Unique Voice [...]
Ron | August 15, 2010
American Icon 2, in 2006, signified the beginning of my involvement with Pikes Peak Writers. The 2006 PPWC was the very first writers conference I had ever attended and that came about as a fluke. I’d been engaged in email exchanges with an agent in New York who told me she would be at a [...]
Ron | August 1, 2010
Oh, crud! The deadline for American Icon 6 is almost here and I haven’t registered yet. What the heck is wrong with me? If I don’t register by 5:00 on Tuesday August 3, I might be out of luck. Oh no! After 5:00 on Tuesday I can only get in on a space available basis. [...]
Ron | July 30, 2010
You can have the same kind of fun these people had at American Icon 4. See that thing behind them? It’s a cash bar. But you have to wonder… Are they looking at the reader on stage, or are they looking at the scrumptious desserts just a few feet away? From the size of the [...]
Ron | July 29, 2010
Read from your work in front of a live audience. An audience that’s been fed, refreshed, and is very receptive! Prizes include partial manuscript critiques by agents and editors, a free night at the Marriott Colorado Springs (ooooh…), bookstore certificates and more. You can be one of the winners. Pikes Peak Writers American Icon 6, [...]
Ron | July 27, 2010
Kirk Farber, whose novel Postcards from a Dead Girl was on the Denver Post’s best seller list the first week out, took both Best Overall and Best Character honors at American Icon 3 in 2007. He obtained an agent to represent him at the 2008 Pikes Peak Writers Conference, and Postcards from a Dead Girl [...]
Ron | July 22, 2010
Enter to read from your work in the 6th Annual Pikes Peak Writers American Icon Contest! August 6, 2010 6:30 PM, Colorado Springs Marriott Read a short selection in front of a live audience and three “celebrity” judges. This year we have writer/producer Trai Cartwright, editor Carolyn Sobczak, and agent Ange Tysdal. Great prizes, munchies, [...]
Ron | July 20, 2010
The “celebrity” judges for PPW American Icon 6, August 6, 2010, 6:30 PM at the Colorado Springs Marriot are: TRAI CARTWRIGHT is a writer, producer and professional writing coach and teacher. She has consulted on thousands of books and scripts, produced three independent films and worked as a feature film and online entertainment creative executive [...]
Ron | April 30, 2010
Left to right: Don and Todd teach “Trixie” how to Sashay at the Sunday luncheon, 2010 Pikes Peak Writers Conference. And you thought it was just about writing…
Ron | December 4, 2009
From Janet Fogg, Author of Soliloquy–out January 15, 2010 from Wild Rose Press–regarding how her attendance at the media workshop at the 2009 Pikes Peak Writers Conference helped her prepare her social media marketing plan. (The media workshop was part of the optional Thursday advanced track.) Hi, Ron! I attended the Thursday all-day marketing panel [...]
