Fiction Category
Dissecting the Story: PDFs from RMFW
Posted on October 5, 2026
Another wonderful Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Conference took place this weekend, as always packed with new knowledge, old and new friends, and great fun. One minor snag, however, was technical difficulties during my workshop “Dissecting the Story: Critiquing like a Surgeon” that prevented me from using my prepared slides. Thanks to an awesome crowd, we […]
The Dictionary of Fiction Critique
Posted on February 21, 2020
First released in 2018, the Dictionary of Fiction Critique was a labor of love, built with Kate’s genuine passion for the ideas and vocabulary of fiction writing and infused with her experience with academic and community writers groups. In March of 2020, she integrated community input, clarified murkiness and expanded these ideas in a new and improved book: The Dictionary of Fiction Critique, Second Edition!
Builder: A Short Story
Posted on June 1, 2018
Phebs was now the only living human within a light-year radius of where she stood, 20 meters underground on the asteroid Centuesse 16 in a galaxy on the far side of the inhabited universe. For the first time in her life, she was truly and utterly alone. Only for a flicker, she smiled, because she’d […]
PROOF: A 30th Street Fiction Anthology
Posted on May 1, 2018
I spent the last part of 2017 writing for, co-editing and co-publishing a great short-story anthology with my long-term critique group, and all the hard work came to fruition when we published PROOF: A 30th Street Fiction Anthology on Jan. 2, 2018. Not only do I love my own piece — titled “Prince Charming,” though it is […]
Transference
Posted on February 1, 2018
4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon! A telepath is a nightmare when you have a mind like his… Professionally ruined, morally bankrupt and reflexively snarky, psychiatrist Derek Verbenk is a f*ck-up by even his own measure. Ethical transgressions have sentenced the once ambitious doctor to a career handing out prescriptions to rich housewives from […]
Restaurants: Lulu’s BBQ
Posted on September 15, 2017
Sweet and salty heaven at Texas-style barbecue gem BY KATE JONUSKA | PHOTOS BY PHIL MUMFORD Published in the Fall/Winter 2017 Boulder Magazine The change from Phillips 66 gas station to neighborhood restaurant was not as drastic as you might think in the case of LuLu’s BBQ. The pull-throughs may be the patio and the […]
Fitness: Soul Sweat
Posted on March 15, 2017 Leave a Comment
Workout: Soul Sweat at Alchemy of Movement An exercise class that includes real dance moves BY KATE JONUSKA Alchemy of Movement, 2436 30th St., 303-449- 4410, alchemyofmovement.com Instructor: Dancing in front of other people can be an intimidating and embarrassing activity, eliciting nightmares of missed moves or audience members laughing and pointing, but there is […]
Fitness: Acro Fusion
Posted on February 27, 2017 Leave a Comment
Workout: Acro Fusion Try moves like Throne or High-Flying Whale BY KATE JONUSKA Boulder Circus Center, 4747 26th St., 303-444- 8110, bouldercircuscenter.net Instructor: When your job is to get people off their feet and into the air, establishing trust is key, and with his warm, open demeanor, you can’t ask for better than Ryan Hamity. […]
