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CSFWG Member, Nikki Hohl, Book Signings
Nikki Hohl has the following book signings coming up:
- Black Cat books in Manitou Springs, Monday May 31st from 2-4pm. Black Cat Books is located at 720 Manitou Springs, Colorado.
- Borders June 19th from 2-4pm. Borders is located at Chapel Hills Mall Colorado Springs, CO.
- You can find out more information about her signings at her website.
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2007 Fall
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CSFWG Founder, Henry Snider, Speaks at Critique Group Necessity Meeting
CSFWG President, Henry Snider, speaks at a Colorado Springs, Colorado meeting regarding the importance of writers utilizing critique groups as a means of low-cost editing. The discussion expanded and birthed a new stand-alone "PG" rated group for interested area writers.
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2007 Spring
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CSFWG member, Amy Koumis, wins second place, Young Adult Category, in the 2007 Paul Gillette Memorial Writing contest hosted by the Pikes Peak Writer's Conference.
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2007 Spring
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CSFWG President, Henry Snider, speaks to District 49's Evans Elementary 5th grade classes about the creative process. The discussion included exercises in creativity, characterization, setting, believability and proper care for your characters in a story.
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2006 Winter
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CSFWG Alumnus, R. Michael Burns Takes 4th in Writer's Digest Competition
CSFWG alumnus, R. Michael Burns, took fourth place in the 75th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition - Genre Short Story Category for, "The River Child."
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2006 Fall
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Apollo's Lyre interview with CSFWG president, Henry Snider on the necessity of critique groups and what to look for in one. The discussion ranged from why most critique groups fail to the multiple reasons why a writer needs such a group in the first place.
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2006 Summer
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CSFWG article, "How to Create Realistic Scenes - Part 2: Scene Versus Sequel" by Hollie Snider, used as reference for "Writing Genre Fiction: A Guide to the Craft" by H. Thomas Milhorn.
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2006 Summer
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CSFWG Grows from Two to Three Physical Groups
It happened once. We knew it would happen again. The CSFWG is once again overflowing with active members. Just as in 2003 we have split from two to three physical groups. Members were taken from both the Sunday and Monday groups and formed the new Saturday group. The dynamics and rules for all three groups are the same, only the attending members are different.
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2006 Spring
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The Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group has been listed in the 2006 Writer's Digest Yearbook as one of the top organization websites for writers.
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2006 Spring
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CSFWG / Apollo's Lyre High School Fiction Contest Winners
The Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group teamed up Apollo's Lyre to hold a fiction contest for students at Lewis Palmer High School. Winners April Williams, Naomi Gheen and Jenelle Blackard received prizes including gift certificates, books and publication in Apollo's Lyre.
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2006 Spring
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Hollie Snider, founder and editor for the Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group, was invited to sit on the Pikes Peak Community College's Book Discussion and Spring Literacy Program Panel. Also on the panel were Beth Ann Bassein, Nancy Bentley, Karin Huxman and Sandra S. Sanchez.
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2006 Spring
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Henry Snider, founder and president of the Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group, spoke to students at the 21st Century Charter School about writing fiction, the creative process and the need for believability with characters and setting.
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2006 Spring
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Hollie Snider, founder and editor for the Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group, was invited to sit on two panel discussions at the COSine convention, "Cross Genre in Today's Fiction" and "I'm Finally Published! What's Next?" Also on the panels were Ed Bryant, Theresa Crater, Rebecca Lickiss, James Townsend, Carrie Vaughn and Steven Miller.
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2005 Winter
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CSFWG Holds "Common Problems in Writing" Lecture
Hollie Snider, founder and editor for the Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group, held a lecture on "Common Problems in Writing" for pre-registered attendees. Topics included stilted dialogue, Talking Head Syndrome, description, proper pacing for tension and more.
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2005 Fall
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Reverend, Dr. Richard L. Sheffield, used Hollie Snider's CSFWG's aritcle, Interrobang, The Forgotten Punctuation," for research in his sermon, "Why"
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2005 Summer
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Predators and Editors has awarded the Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group the distinction of having July, 2005's "Truly Useful Site Award" for writers.
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2005 Summer
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The Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group has been selected as 1 of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" by Writer's Digest Magazine for 2005.
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2005 Spring
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Morgen Leigh Takes First Place and Geoff Gillette Places Third in the Pikes Peak Writers' First Annual "American Icon"
CSFWG members Morgen Leigh and Geoff Gillette proudly took home first and third place awards from the Pikes Peak Writers' first annual "American Icon" competition. While formatted similarly to the singing competition blockbuster, the subject matter is prose, read before a panel of judges (but alas, no Simon facsimile was seen).
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2004 Fall
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Hollie Snider, founder and editor for the Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group, is interviewed (and receives a book review of her novel, For the Rank of Master) by Bill Reed of the Gazette Telegraph. In the interview, entitled "Master Writer," Reed states, ". . . fantasy lovers should get a kick out of reading a local author witha potent imagination."
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2004
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CSFWG member, Jenny Maloney, wins third place for the short story "Baby Blue Victorian" in the Apollo's Lyre Annual Contest.
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2004 Summer
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Members of the CSFWG (Jenny Maloney, Matthew Maloney, Henry Snider, Hollie Snider, Bret Wright) offered a 6 week class to the teen inmates at Zebulon Pike Youth Services Center. Instruction included story, plot, characterization, mechanics, dialogue, description and world building.
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2004 Spring
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Patricia Ferguson, Editor in Chief of Apollo's Lyre, recently talked with CSFWG founder and editor, Hollie Snider, about writing and her impression of the future of small press in this Wal-mart world.
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2003
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CSFWG article, "The Art of Flashback" by Hollie Snider, used in Read*Write*Think online tutorial for 6-8th graders. The focus of the article was the proper usage, delivery and placement of a flashback in fiction.
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2003 Spring
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CSFWG Grows from One to Two Physical Groups
Well we knew it was bound to happen. The Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group has grown to the point of bursting at the seams. We're growing from having the Monday group, which has been in existence since 1996, to including a Sunday group. The dynamics of both groups are the same, only the members will be different.
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2003 Spring
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Marella Sands, Alternate Historians member, interviews Hollie Snider, CSFWG founder and editor, about how the writing group she's a member of differs from others and how it functions in comparison to others.
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2002 Winter
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Henry Snider, CSFWG Founder, Hosts "Ghosts, Spirits & Hauntings" Lecture
Henry Snider, founder and president of the Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group, offered a lecture, Ghosts, Spirits and Hauntings, to a small, pre-registered group. Discussion involved the classical versus modern definition of supernatural terms, famous (and infamous) hauntings along the Front Range region and common misconceptions of the paranormal.
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2002
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CSFWG member, Jenny Maloney, wins second place for the short story "For Five Miles" in the Pikes Peak Library District's "All Pikes Peak Reads Writing Contest."
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2002 Winter
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Hollie Snider, CSFWG Founder / Author / Editor On Staff at Writer's Conference
Hollie Snider, founder and editor for the Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group, was placed on staff with Gardenia Press and served at the second annual Gardenia Press' First Novelfest as editor and lecturer.
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WHEN THE STUDIO CALLED THE SHOTS, AND THE CLOSE-UPS
In its golden age, Hollywood excelled at manufacturing stars, large and small. This book explains how the machine worked. 
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PARTNERS WITH BRITISH, CANADIAN AND AUSTRALIOAN NATUIONA LIBRARIES ON RDA IMPLEMENTATION
Four national libraries have joined forces to implement a new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital environment in which libraries now operate. The Library of Congress, the British Library, Library and Archives Canada, and the National Library of Australia have agreed on a coordinated implementation of "RDA: Resource Description and Access," the successor to the "Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules."
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THE WRITING ON THE WALL
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HORROR LITERATURE QUARTERLY ISSUE 3 - FALL 2007 RELEASED
Issue 3/Fall 2007 of Horror Literature Quarterly is now available. Each issue is free with prior issues available only to registered members of Horror Literature Quarterly. Registration is free. Horror Literature Quarterly can be read in two different formats; on the website and via PDF. Horror Literature Quarterly will release the PDF version of each issue first and will place the stories on the website within two days of the PDF being released.
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IDEAWEAVER HELPS SELF-PUBLISHER TO PRODUCE THREE BOOKS IN ONE YEAR.
SANDPOINT, Idaho -- A writing and creativity software program called IdeaWeaver from Logical Expressions, Inc. has made it possible for a self-publisher to release three books in a year. Before using IdeaWeaver, the text for these books had been languishing in word processing files for months.
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