Patricia Stoltey

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The Five Reasons Why I Haven’t Posted Since Sunday

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5. I was catching up on my filing 4.  I had to get a lot of groceries this week 3.  I’m trying to fix a Halloween costume for Katie Cat and she’s not cooperating  2.  I’m working on my plan for NaNoWriMo 1.  I forgot

Mercury in Retrograde and Other Annoying Things

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Mercury is in retrograde October 21st to November 10th. I have no idea what this means, but it sounds ominous. I checked The Farmers Almanac. It suggests one shouldn’t sign contracts during this time and that plans could go haywire. That’s scary. If I’m presented with a contract, I’ll be afraid to sign. Not! ## …Read More

Oh gosh, the great blog posts you’re missing…

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if you’re not a follower of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Blog. For instance, did you check out Lori DeBoer’s excellent post last Thursday about critique groups? Or Trai Cartwright’s post on October 3rd where she tried to define the New Adult genre (and believe me, that’s not easy). Today the blog features guest author …Read More

Tidbits About Books and Reading and the Writing Life

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I just finished reading William Kent Krueger‘s novel, Ordinary Grace, and cannot say enough good things about it. I like Krueger’s Cork O’Conner mystery series a lot, so when I spotted this standalone novel at my library, I had to give it a try. You can go here to read the synopsis and reviews. If …Read More

Insecure? Not Me … by Maryann Miller

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A long time ago I wrote a funny little piece about an insecure writer who had been writing in secret because she was afraid to let anyone know what she was doing. If her husband asked why she was spending hours in the closet, her response was, “Oh, just sorting clothes. Sorting takes a long …Read More

Life is Not a Bowl of Cherries

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And a bunch of coconuts is not lovely. Who writes these song lyrics anyway? This is one of the reasons I don’t listen to music while I’m writing. I can’t help listening to lyrics, and sometimes the lyrics confound me. I try to analyze them, figure out what the lyricist was trying to say. Like …Read More

Online class “Building a Better Book” starts Monday

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One of our favorite Colorado writing instructors, Trai Cartwright, is teaching an online class for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers starting Monday. A popular instructor for Northern Colorado Writers classes, Trai now brings her expertise to a wider audience with the RMFW Blog and online classes. Here’s the scoop: Building a Better BookPresented by Trai Cartwright2 …Read More

The winner is…

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The winner of an ebook copy of Kim McMahill’s novel Shrouded in Secrets is John Paul McKinney Congratulations, John!

Research in Fiction by Kim McMahill

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Many genres within the fiction umbrella require an amazing amount of research. When I gravitated away from writing travel and human interest articles and began focusing on adventure fiction, I was surprised to find myself doing as much or more research than I did for my articles. Fiction is still a product of the author’s …Read More