Sweet Success Archive

Congratulations to Patricia Gable on the release of her contemporary Middle-Grade novel, THE RIGHT ADDRESS (Booklocker). ABOUT THE BOOK: Annie and Willie, two foster siblings, run […]

Three cheers for Kim Olgren. Her book, FLIPPED –A JILLIAN MCELROY FLIPPING MYSTERY, recently won second place at The BookFest Awards. ABOUT THE BOOK: Flipping houses […]

Congratulation to Andrew Ceroni on the release of his seventh book, FIRST BULLET (Outskirts Press, March 2023). The multi-awarding-winning author is at his very best […]

Pikes Peak Writers is pleased to announce the release of their third anthology, JOURNEYS INTO POSSIBILITY. Congratulations to these remarkable authors! ABOUT THE BOOK: Are […]

Three cheers for Josh Clark! Once again, he has designed another fantastic cover for Pikes Peak Writers’ third anthology, Journeys into Possibility (Spring 2023). The […]

Hooray for Fleur Bradley! Her Alcatraz-inspired mystery for kids, DAYBREAK ON RAVEN ISLAND, is nominated for The Agatha Award in the Best Juvenile/YA category. ABOUT THE BOOK: […]

Congratulations to Bowen Gillings. His Zebulon Award-Winning short story, 3 Ring Circus, has become the novel EXCEPTIONALS. The release date is April 2023, just in […]

Terry Robinson is pleased to announce the recent release of PRIEST LAKE LOVERS: POEMS AND PROSE INSPIRED BY A LIFETIME OF SUMMERS IN NORTH IDAHO […]

Margaret Mizushima is pleased to announce the upcoming release of STANDING DEAD, her eighth Timber Creek K-9 Mystery (Crooked Lane Books, March 2023) ABOUT THE […]

Darby Karchut is pleased to announce the sale of her latest novel, THE HORSE WHO CARRIES THE STARS, to Owl Hollow Press (Fall 2023) in […]

By: Darby Karchut Three cheers for Jim and Jasmine Tritten! They were awarded a first and third place in the 2022 SouthWest Writers writing contest […]

By: Deborah Brewer A short video plays on social media: A pigtailed girl watches with wide-eyed panic as the ice cream from her cone topples […]

Congratulations to Sandi Hoover and Jim Tritten! MIRTH AND MUSINGS (Red Penguin Book, 2021), an anthology containing the written work of the authors, was the […]

Writing a Novella, Part 9 By Donna Schlachter As we’ve discussed before, novellas have fewer words than novels, which means that each and every one […]

Hats off to Darby Karchut (author) and Wes Karchut (illustrator). Their debut picture book, COWBOYS, COW CHIPS, AND TARADIDDLES, won the 2022 Will Rogers Medallion […]

By: Deborah Brewer – As a writer stares at a blank page or a mangled plot, it may feel like there is a dearth of […]

By: Darby Karchut Congratulations to J.D.R. Hawkins. Her latest novel, DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, the fourth book in the Renegade Series (April 2022, Westwood Books Publishing), has […]

Hooray for Josh Clark! His horror short story, Loving Bones, is featured in the anthology, NOM NOM: HALLOWE’EN DARK DRABBLES (edited by D. Kershaw and […]

By: Kari Redmond – What is NaNoWriMo? National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, will soon be upon us. For the entire month of November, writers […]

 Three cheers for all the winners and finalists of the 2022 RMFW Gold Rush Literary Awards, many who are Pikes Peak Writers members. Through this […]

By: Trista Herring Baughman – Back in May, I had the privilege of attending Shreve Memorial Library’s Children’s Book Festival. This was only my second […]

A well-deserved honor! Kim Olgren has been chosen among the many artists and writers of the Pikes Peak Region as a Featured Artist of the […]

Hooray for Kit Campbell! Her latest book, HALLOWED HILL (Turtleduck Press, October 1, 2022), and her first release in six years, is the perfect spooky […]

Hooray – the wait is over! Trista Herring Baughman’s third book, ZOMBIESAURS, just recently released. This scary, fun picture book is hand-illustrated by Trista and […]

Hooray for Bowen Gillings! His newest mystery, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, was originally released in May 2021 as an ebook and is now available in […]