Patricia Stoltey

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Today I’m on My Way to Left Coast Crime in Colorado Springs

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I’m taking my laptop with high hopes I’ll have time to post a couple of reports…but I’m making no promises. When I attend these events, I often collapse into an exhausted puddle before 10:00 PM and then scurry down for an early breakfast the next morning. Breakfast (with lots of coffee) is one meal I …Read More

Chiseled in Rock Two Day Awesome Interview

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My interview with Denise Dietz, Senior Editor at Five Star, is now posted for your reading pleasure at Chiseled in Rock blog. Part I went up yesterday, and Part II is there today. Deni not only tells us everything we want to know about Five Star’s acquisition process (mysteries and their new Frontier Fiction line), …Read More

My Life in Court by Lisa Black

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Lisa Black spent the five happiest years of her life in a morgue. As a forensic scientist in the Cleveland coroner’s office she analyzed gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA, blood and many other forms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes. Now she’s a certified latent print examiner …Read More

Why Crime Fiction… by J. L. Abramo

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J. L. Abramo was born in Brooklyn, New York on Raymond Chandler’s fifty-ninth birthday. He earned a BA in Sociology at the City College of New York and a Masters in Social Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. He is the author of Catching Water in a Net, winner of the St. Martin’s Press/Private Eye …Read More

Northern Colorado Writers Conference and More

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You’re Running Out of Time to Sign Up for the Northern Colorado Writers Conference Whether you write fiction, poetry, essays, articles, or short stories, there is an art to stringing together words to elicit a certain response and reaction from your readers. The 8th Annual Northern Colorado Writers Conference, April 26-27 at the Fort Collins …Read More

Tuesday at the Rock, Trolling for Guest Bloggers, and Snow

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Chiseled in Rock Shannon Baker, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer member and author of Tainted Mountain, a Nora Abbott mystery, is our guest blogger today at the Rock. Her post, “Don’t Worry, Be Hopi” is about research, the Hopi culture, and planting seeds. You’ll find it all at Chiseled in Rock blog. Trolling for Guest Bloggers …Read More

What I’m Up to…

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Here are some of the things going on in my life and schedule: 1.  I’m getting physical therapy for my creaky knee and I don’t need to worry about any surgery, at least not for now. Phew! 2.  The Fort Collins Recreation Department and the Senior Center are going to produce another Mountain Scribe Anthology …Read More

Finding Your One Thing by Julie Luek

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Julie Luekenga lives in the high mountain ranching community of Gunnison, Colorado and is a freelance writer published in regional and national publications and a member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.Writing under the name Julie Luek, she is a regular, every other week, contributor to the international writing website, She Writes. She is also a …Read More

The Publicity Window by L. Diane Wolfe

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L. Diane Wolfe is a professional speaker and author. Known as “Spunk On A Stick,” Wolfe is a member of the National Speakers Association and the author of numerous books. Her latest title, How to Publish and Promote Your Book Now, covers her publishing seminars in depth and provides an overview of the entire process …Read More

And the Winners Are…

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The winner of a copy of the Northern Colorado Writers Pooled Ink anthology,  which celebrates 2012 contest winners  of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry is: Rini Kirkpatrick Rini is a writer who has completed the NaNoWriMo Challenge. You can connect with her on Facebook ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The winner of a copy of In Name Only …Read More