Patricia Stoltey

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I’m Starting to Fill My Guest Blogger Calendar for the First Quarter of 2016 (and some other stuff)

November 16, 2015 By: Patricia

Guest Bloggers Every week I plan to feature a guest author on Thursday/Friday. I have plenty of Thursdays open January through March, so if you’re interested in being one of my featured guests, just let me know. If you don’t already have my email address, you can leave your contact information below in the comments …Read More

Tag: inviting guest bloggers, knee rehab, knee replacement surgery, the world hurts, what I'm reading

Why I NANOWRIMO … by Sarah Reichert

November 12, 2015 By: Patricia

I have a lot of obligations in my life. All of them huffing on my doorstep before the sun even breaks, panting and frothing from their mouths, waiting to chase me through the day like a rabid pack of wolves. From the kids’ music lessons to their homework, the pets, the laundry and dishes; a …Read More

Tag: Finding Destiny, Fixing Destiny, NaNoWriMo, S. E. Reichert

How I Wrote a Historical Novel Set in an Era I Knew Nothing About … by Jennifer Kincheloe

November 5, 2015 By: Patricia

Five years ago, I knew nothing about the Progressive Era. I mean naught, nothing, nada. I had some vague notion that they washed their hair with egg yolks and drank Coca Cola laced with cocaine, but that was about it. I ran across a brief article about a police matron, Alice Stebbins Wells, who became …Read More

Tag: guest blogger, historical fiction, Jennifer Kincheloe, research for historical fiction, The Secret Life of Anna Blanc

Writing by Sticky Note: Saving Those Fleeing Ideas … By M. K. Theodoratus

October 29, 2015 By: Patricia

A fortune cookie once told me: A short pencil is more enduring than a long memory. I don’t know about you, but that little slip of paper knew how my brain works. Yeah, my memory has the half-life of a gnat. “Brilliant” ideas appear at the most inopportune times and fade away before I can …Read More

Tag: M.K. Theodoratus, organization, Sticky notes, The Ghostcrow

Getting Back on the Horse …. by Liana Brooks

October 22, 2015 By: Patricia

It has been scientifically proven that good habits are easy to break. There’s rarely social support for “good” habits like eating vegetables, controlling portion sizes, honestly assessing yourself, recognizing your talents, or doing monthly breast exams. We all know these things are necessary, but the stores still sell candy bars at the checkout, the restaurants …Read More

Tag: following your dreams, guest blogger, Liana Brooks, The Day Before

Unfriending Your Couch … by Rich Keller

October 1, 2015 By: Patricia

Pat, a plethora of thanks for allowing me to spew my verbiage on the site that is your Intranets web document. I wish you the best of luck on your medical procedure, although I’m not too sure total body plastic surgery is the way to go. Still, it’s your choice if you wish to look …Read More

Tag: couch potatoes, productivity, Richard Keller, the writing life, Wooden Pants Publishing

Finding a Voice … by Kathleen Ernst

September 24, 2015 By: Patricia

In the book world, “voice” is a difficult-to-define but prized element. “I can’t describe voice,” editors say, “but I know it when I see it.” When conceptualizing my latest Chloe Ellefson mystery, Death on the Prairie, I’ve thought a lot about finding a voice—and not just my own as a writer. Chloe is curator of …Read More

Tag: Death on the Prairie, finding voice, guest blogger, Kathleen Ernst, Laura Ingalls Wilder, taking risks in writing

Character Growth: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

September 17, 2015 By: Patricia

By Jason P. Henry (Conference Director, 2016 Pikes Peak Writers Conference) I’d like to believe my writing abilities have come a long way since I first started. I could attribute my improvement to many things, but there’s one factor that I hold in highest regard. That is the multitude of amazing people I have met …Read More

Tag: character development, comfort zone, guest blogger, Jason P. Henry, Pikes Peak Writers, Pikes Peak Writers Conference

One Writer’s Tools … by Bailey Cates

September 10, 2015 By: Patricia

Thanks for inviting me to guest, Patricia! It is a rare book event where some version of the question, “What is your process?” doesn’t come up. Heck, I want to know how other writers create stories out of nothing, too. Alas, I still haven’t discovered the magic formula. So instead I thought I’d share a …Read More

Tag: Bailey Cates, Bailey Cattrell, Cricket McRae, guest blogger, writing tips, writing tools

Literary Mystery Fiction: Finding the Sweet Spot … by Nancy G. West

September 3, 2015 By: Patricia

Many people divide literary fiction from mystery fiction based on considering these elements: memorable characters and/or prose, sensory details, pacing (timing of events); high stakes; and tone (serious to humorous.) Which elements do these literary fiction authors, and one mystery writer, incorporate into their work? Most of these authors use all the elements. Since they’re …Read More

Tag: guest blogger, literary mystery, Nancy G. West, Smart But Dead, writing fiction

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Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel is a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read More…

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