Patricia Stoltey

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I’m Back!

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I had knee replacement surgery on November 11th, 2019, and knew there were plenty of tasks I’d have to give up for two or three months. Blogging turned out to be the first activity to happily sit on the sidelines. The blog waited patiently for my return.

As did the gym at the Senior Center. But that’s another story…

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My guiding word for writing in 2020 is FINISH! My goal is to finally complete all of my abandoned projects in their various draft forms. Most are simply waiting for revisions and/or a few rounds of self-editing. One or two might even be headed for the shredder and Delete queue. I developed the bad habit of setting projects aside in order to write new material to submit to my critique group. This year, the group will be getting a little bit of revised material and a whole bunch of progress reports as I clear one project after another from my To Do List.

First up is a short story I want to submit to mystery magazines.

I do intend to post to this blog at least once a week with mostly mini-reviews of the books I enjoy during my reading hours (early morning and just before bedtime). Occasionally I’ll give an update on my FINISH! projects and opine about writing and publishing from an older writer’s point of view.

I’ll also be around on Facebook and Twitter, especially now that I’ve accepted the position of Social Media Director for Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America (RMMWA).

Because I want to focus more on mysteries, it seemed appropriate to become more active in two of the organizations I belong to: RMMWA and Sisters in Crime. Although we were without a SinC chapter in Colorado for a few years, we now have a new and very active group that’s growing fast. Our Northern Colorado SinC-CO book club is also growing. Although we only read books written by SinC-CO members, the book club is open to non-members to read the scheduled book or story and attend meetings…or just attend to meet other readers of crime fiction.

I’ll post links to this blog when I do post, so hopefully you’ll drop by and say hi.

My Facebook author page link is: https://www.facebook.com/PatStoltey/

My Twitter link is: https://twitter.com/PStoltey

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Comments

  1. Sorry I’m just seeing this now, Pat! It’s so good to see you back. I’m glad your surgery went well, and I hope you’re taking care of yourself. You’ve got some great projects going on, and I’m looking forward to your links as you post new things.

    • Thank you so much, Margot. It sure feels good to feel good again and get some of my old energy back.

  2. Welcome back! I hope the surgery went well and you’re feeling better than ever. I bet you got lots of reading done while you recuperated. 🙂

    Good luck with all of those projects!

    • Thanks, Madeline. I did read a lot, many of them books recommended by you on Goodreads. I’ll be posting about my favorites here on the blog very soon.

    • Thanks, Diane. I think the title of Social Media Director makes me sound really important…but the tasks are all things I enjoy doing so it’s more fun than work.

      I am glad to get back to the writing life. The knee problem had been slowing me down for a long time.

    • Thanks, Liz. I am doing fine. Progress is always slower than we want it to be, but I’ve received lots of encouragement from the physical therapists that I’m on the right track.

      I read so many books during my November/December recovery period that it’s very difficult to get back to work and stay out of the comfy reading chair..