Patricia Stoltey

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A Blog Post Every Day in November

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As will a few friends from an online class I took in May/June, I will try to post to my blog every single day in November. Why, you ask? For one thing, I believe there are different readers out there in blogger world on the weekend, readers who are too busy to stop by during …Read More

Colorado Snowstorm — My Photos

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I took a snow day yesterday. I finished reading The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville (which I highly recommend for thriller fans), took a nap, and avoided work, which is why there was no blog post earlier this morning. We cancelled our travel plans for the weekend. And I took a few photos so …Read More

Something About Snowstorms

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By the time you read this, the big snowstorm may have moved into Northern Colorado. I’d be looking forward to it if we hadn’t planned to travel this week. We’ll wait it out through today before canceling anything. Northern Colorado weather doesn’t always do what the forecasters predict. I love snow. I love to stand …Read More

Ten Things to Have on Hand in an Emergency

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As I was trying to wade through my stacks of newsletters and pamphlets, I ran across a booklet on emergency preparedness that our county issued months, if not years, ago. That got me to thinking. Do I have an adequate supply of those items I want to have available in case of blizzards, quarantines, or …Read More

Colorado Author — Charlotte Hinger

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Saturday afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting Charlotte Hinger when we ended up on the same Barnes & Noble mystery panel (see yesterday’s post and photos). Charlotte grew up on a farm in Kansas and was a long-time resident there. She has previously been published in short fiction, Kansas history, and a novel about …Read More

Barnes and Noble Centerra Book Signing

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I joined four other mystery authors yesterday to participate in a panel and discussion at the Barnes and Noble Centerra in Loveland, Colorado. We managed to attract a few mystery readers to our tables to chat about our own books and mysteries in general, pass out our bookmarks and other promotional materials, and share the …Read More

The Bouchercon 21 — 2009 First Novelists — Part 5

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Today I’m featuring the last four debut novels from the 2009 First Novelists speed-dating event at Bouchercon in Indianapolis. If you haven’t found at least one book to add to your reading list, then I’m betting you don’t read mysteries or thrillers. Here are the last four novels in this series: STEPHEN JAY SCHWARTZ Boulevard, …Read More

The Bouchercon 21 — 2009 First Novelists — Part 4

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Hang in there, only eight more fantastic mystery/thriller debut novels to go. For those checking in for the first time this week, I’m featuring the 21 First Novelists from the speed-dating event at Bouchercon 2009 in Indianapolis. I’ve given you 13 so far. Today we have: LISA BORK The Broken Vows mystery series begins with …Read More

The Bouchercon 21 — 2009 First Novelists — Part 3

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If you haven’t visited earlier this week, you may want to check out the posts for Monday and Tuesday as well. This whole week I’m featuring the 21 first novelists and their debut novels as presented at the Indianapolis Bouchercon’s speed-dating event last week. I have five debut novels for you today. JAMIE FREVELETTI Running …Read More