To say New Mexico’s light, land, and cultural mix forged me into a writer would be a cliche. But what if I said a single human being in New Mexico did that? Yes. One man, Dr. Patrick Rucker. We were both teaching at Eastern New Mexico University, in Portales, a dot on the [...]

Posted on March 9th, 2010 by Connie Gotsch
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Yikes! I about fell over when I looked at the last time I was up here. I admit it, I’ve been remiss. Not lazy, just remiss. I published a kids’ book called Belle’s Star with a traditional publisher and it’s been doing so well that I’ve had my hands full trying [...]

Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Connie Gotsch
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I talked in an earlier post of the advantages of setting a story in your home town or a place you’re very familiar with. It’s often easy to weave some of this local color into your narrative. However when I travel interstate or overseas I always try to get to places that are off the [...]

Posted on August 29th, 2009 by Pat Turner
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I was very pleased when a reader contacted me and said she found Finding Lilies on Pat Cromwell’s multicultural and IR reading lists. I had never thought of the impact Finding Lilies could make on readers who enjoy reading multicultural romances. When writing the book, I not only wanted to encompass a tale of first [...]

Posted on June 24th, 2009 by Kelly Clark Baugher
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One of the advantages of setting a story in your home town or city is that you can bring in a lot of local color. Perhaps you love your landscape, or perhaps you thinks it’s drab and uninteresting, but whatever it is skillful depiction of it will engage the reader. And writers often see what [...]

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Pat Turner
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