Patricia Stoltey

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I’ve Been a Busy Bee This Week

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I don’t know where the time goes when we get super busy, but it seems like just yesterday I scheduled Kathryn Craft’s excellent guest post….but it was way last week. I have excuses. First of all, I signed my contract with Five Star/Cengage for my suspense novel Dead Wrong. There will be a bigger announcement …Read More

If it’s Coincidence, it’s Not Story … by Kathryn Craft

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The first thing we learn about novel writing is that story requires conflict. That’s a great place to start! If your storytelling education stops there, though, you may have a problem. Heaping one bad thing after another upon a character does not allow her to emerge as the protagonist of her story—it turns her into …Read More

Memoir by Not So Ordinary Folks

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It’s hard for a regular person to find an agent or traditional publisher for memoir, even when the author’s life was and is full of interesting and exciting events and helpful observations about their experiences. It seems the only memoir that sells is the celebrity “tell all.” Why is that? What good does it do …Read More

Whiny Haiku

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Sunday morning ride Third in line at Urgent Care Sinus infection And that’s the truth. I’ll try to get things back to normal here soon.

Here’s What Colorado Has to Offer Writers in the Next Few Months

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Northern Colorado Writers 2014 Writing Odyssey: To Publishing and Beyond! A Two-Day Writers Conference for all levels and genresMarch 28-29Fort Collins HiltonRegistration for Members begins January 4, and for non-members January 13The 2014 conference is limited to 130 attendees. Top of the Mountain Book Award  Two Categories: Fiction and Creative/Narrative NonfictionDates of submission: October 21, …Read More

The Anti-New Year Resolution Post

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I have no New Year Resolutions for you. I don’t even resolve not to resolve. I’m simply going to pretend the whole idea doesn’t and never did exist. Resolutions? My habit is to make ’em and break ’em. I’ve been doing it that way for too many years. I quit. I’m going into 2014 with …Read More

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!

My Company Arrives on Friday

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I’m counting on being germ free by then so I can enjoy The Cat in the Hat on stage with the almost five-year-old granddaughter. I love The Cat in the Hat. And we’re supposed to make cookies together. I already bought all the ingredients. And I have three additional adults to keep well-fed (and even …Read More

Jingle Cough, Jingle Sneeze

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Jingle Cough Sneeze Sneeze Yes, that’s the reason I haven’t posted on my blog in the last couple of days. I have one of those colds that takes its time meandering from one phase to another, acting like it’s almost over one day and then coming back full force the next. So it’s back to …Read More