Tag: writing
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Honored to Serve: My Journey to the League of Utah Writers’ 2025 Volunteer of the Year Award
From first short story to Volunteer of the Year, discover how the League of Utah Writers shaped my author journey and inspired me to give back.
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2023 Reading Year in Review
Jodi L. Milner’s 2023 list of favorite reads, including her best read of the year.
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Winning the League of Utah Writer’s Diamond Quill Award
The annual awards banquet of the League of Utah Writers was held on a warm night in August. I’d attended this event every year for nearly a decade, applauding the winners of the various awards and enjoying the company of my favorite fellow writers. While I’d entered more categories this year than I had in…
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To Become a Master, You Must Apprentice First
The process of learning hasn’t changed, like ever. You must decide what you want to know and either find someone who knows how to do it, or find a book written by someone who knows how to do it. Today, you might add looking up a video of someone who knows how to do it.…
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Interview with K. Scott Forman
Last weekend was the annual League of Utah Writers Spring Conference. While the point of attending the conference is to learn new ideas and techniques to better our writing and understanding of the industry, the real reason many of us attend is to reconnect with all our favorite writer friends. It’s like a huge family…
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Researching the Daydream, by Amy Beatty
Probably one of the most frustrating thing I hear about fantasy authors is the belief that we make everything up. We come up with a world, stick people in it, add a touch of magic, and voila! Fantasy story. The end. The truth is, we actually do a fair amount of research. Precise details can…
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The Courage to Write, with Elesha Teskey
Fear of the unknown haunts our steps at the start of any adventure . A skydiver’s parachute might not open. A rock climber might fall. The horse might bite and kick. Writing is no different. Today, Elesha Teskey is here to share her personal experience about what it means to have courage as a writer.…
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Influences of Podcasting with Daniel Swenson
Today, friend and fellow ginger Daniel Swenson comes on the blog to talk about his most influencial podcast guest in the ten years he has run the Dungeon Crawler Radio podcast. Daniel and I met through our connections in the Utah writing community and have plenty in common, including a passion for fantasy fiction, a love of…
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Why I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this year
It’s the end of October. For many writers it’s the time to sharpen our brains and finish up prep for this year’s NaNoWriMo challenge. I’ve done the challenge for several years in different ways ranging from full manuscripts and partial manuscripts, down to editing and revision goals. While I’d love to be in a good…