Congratulations to Debra Hunt! This Air Force veteran and retired social worker recently released her debut novel, UNLIKELY HERO (Friesen Press, February 2026). This is the fulfillment of a dream she’d carried for a quarter century. After deciding that someday needed to be now, she wrote the book in just […]
Yearly Archives: 2026
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By Sam Knight August of 2025, I was working on the biggest anthology I had done: Win in the End. (A fund-raising anthology for Annmarie SanSevero. With 34 contributors, it came in around 140,000 words, nearly three times the size of a typical anthology. Not a big deal, just more […]
It’s Throwback Tuesday, and today we’re spotlighting an article that gets to the heart of what truly powers the Pikes Peak Writers Conference: the people. PPWC brings together writers, authors, agents, editors, and industry pros, and the relationships you build can open doors long after the weekend ends. If you’ve […]
Three cheers for Fleur Bradley! Her guide to writing mysteries for kids and teens, GET A CLUE: HOW TO PLOT, WRITE, AND SELL YOUR MG OR YA MYSTERY released April 7th in e-book and print, wherever books are sold. ABOUT THE BOOK: Want to write a mystery for kids or teens, but […]
by Kari Redmond I’m currently on week eight of my artistic recovery journey using Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way. Cameron thinks of an artistic recovery as a way to unblock creativity. It’s a great way to re-find your voice, remember your purpose, and reinvigorate your writing. The main parts […]
Congratulations to Emily Gist on her recent release! FAÇADES is a YA dystopian sci-fi novella that explores the literal and metaphorical masks we wear. It asks the question: What defines our identity, and what lengths are we willing to go to protect it? ABOUT THE BOOK: In Astania, everyone wears […]
by Margena Adams Holmes Back in 2022, I decided I was going to write every day, to see if I could do it. I gave myself a year, and by golly, I did it! In my blog I wrote about writing fundamentals, productivity, and mindset. Four years later, I’m still […]
Such delicious news! TOASTED: A SNACK-SIZED MYSTERY WEDDING, the fifth book in Jeff Schmoyer’s foodie amateur-sleuth series, is now ready for consumption. ABOUT THE BOOK: Food blogger Murph Murphy’s past floods into his present like a tidal wave of sticky caramel he can’t escape. Murph and weddings have never been […]
By Jenny Kate, PPWC Director If you’ve been writing in the in-between spaces of life — early mornings, stolen lunch breaks, late-night bursts of inspiration — there comes a moment when you want more than progress. You want momentum. You want clarity. You want to feel like you’re not doing […]
Congratulations to Susan K. Smith on the release of THE MISSING INGREDIENTS, the first book in the Jane’s Buns Mysteries. This upbeat series celebrates aspirational heroes, Jane Meyer and Alfie Dawkins, ordinary people who do the right thing to make a positive difference. ABOUT THE BOOK: It’s Christmas season. Jane […]