Patricia Stoltey

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My Five Favorite Movies of All Time

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There are very few movies I like enough to watch more than once. These five, in no particular order, are exceptions: 1. Psycho (1960) — That shower scene with Janet Leigh will haunt me forever, and yet, every five years or so, I watch the film again. 2. Love Me or Leave Me (1955) — …Read More

Instead of Reporting on the Same Old Same Old…

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When I sat down to write this blog post, I drew a blank. The calm that follows trips and the writers’ retreat has its disadvantages. Calm can be boring. How many times can I write posts about hiding away in my work space with the door closed? Do blog readers really care about my daily …Read More

Mix and Match

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What I’m Reading: I finished Matt Hilton‘s Dead Men’s Dust and found it a mighty fine debut thriller. It’s dark and not for the faint of heart. Intense action, a really horrid serial killer, and a hero (Joe Hunter) who lives on the edge of darkness himself. I think he’s a bit like Jack Reacher …Read More

Using The Little Rules of Action from Zenhabits

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I follow a blog called Zenhabits. I’ve recommended it before and want to send it your way again. A recent post seemed especially appropriate for writers. It’s called The Little Rules of Action. There are a lot of things I like about this post. It’s simple. It’s direct. It’s true. I’m not going to summarize …Read More

The NCW Writers’ Retreat: What Did I Accomplish?

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When describing the Northern Colorado Writers‘ retreat at Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch and the opportunities it offered, I offered the following possibilities: 1. I would have a maximum of twenty hours of writing/editing/revision time available, provided I skipped the Saturday night movie and didn’t wander away from my work space during quiet writing times. 2. …Read More

Colorado Author — Robert Greer

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Note: Stop by tomorrow if you want to see my numbers on hours of writing time accomplished and word count added to my novel during the weekend retreat. I’ll also post a few photos to give you an idea where we were, where I worked, and how it all looked before and after the snowfall. …Read More

The Retreat Ends

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Writing, writing, breakfast in the Antique Dining Room, writing, writing, writing, check out at eleven. Wooee, baby! Let’s hope I’ll be reporting some good word counts when I finally get online this afternoon.

Shhhh…Writers At Work

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It’s Saturday. I’ll be writing almost all day today. I created this post Thursday night because I’ll be offline until Sunday evening. I’ll be catching up on e-mail and blogs next week. Enjoy your weekend.

At the Weekend Writers’ Retreat

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This afternoon I’ll check in for the Northern Colorado Writers‘ Retreat at Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch near Loveland, Colorado. There are only six of us (all female) attending this year, so instead of rooming in the big Wagon Wheel Bunkhouse facility, we’ll be sharing two cabins. Each of us has our own room for sleeping …Read More

Mix and Match

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What I’m Reading: Same as last week. I hated to leave Matt Hilton’s Dead Men’s Dust at home but it’s a hardcover and we were traveling light. Can’t wait to get back to it. Have also not finished the two non-fiction books on writing. I suspect I won’t finish any of these books until next …Read More