Patricia Stoltey

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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This is a day to count our blessings, and I have a whole bunch of them. I’m thankful for my 93-year-old mom who just went through a small stroke and then twisted her hip, but is still working hard to get better and weathering all her trials and miseries with an amazing sense of humor. …Read More

Three Authors, Three Questions at Chiseled in Rock

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It’s Chiseled in Rock Tuesday, and the last ever installment of “Three Authors, Three Questions” is ready for your reading pleasure. My guests today are mystery authors Mike Befeler (Cruising in Your Eighties is Murder) and Margaret Maron (The Buzzard Table) and fantasy romance author Robin D. Owens (Enchanted No More). Mike and Robin are …Read More

You Gotta Read This Short Book on Using Social Media Effectively

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If you’re using Twitter and Facebook to promote your blog or your book or some other business venture, I suggest you read Zarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness: The science, design, and engineering of contagious ideas by Dan Zarrella. In just 64 easy to read pages, Zarrella debunks many social media myths, and he uses data from …Read More

Stop the World, I Want to Get Off!

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I’m thinking that’s one of the best titles anyone ever created, and probably the best description of how we feel when our world spins out of control. But I’m fine, my mom is stable for the moment, and I have my oldest son and new daughter-in-law joining me for Thanksgiving. It will be a tiny …Read More

Chiseled in Rock Tuesday: What’s New?

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Today is “What’s New from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers?” at Chiseled in Rock blog. We have a great selection for you today, so I hope you’ll stop by and add the books by these fine authors to your must read list. And if you’d be kind enough to spread the word on social media since …Read More

Airport NaNoWriMo

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Yes, I know, my blogging schedule is all messed up and my NaNoWriMo schedule is even worse. When I originally kept November relatively free of guest bloggers, it was because I expected to be busy with NaNoWriMo. As it turns out, most of that free time is going for family. My mom is facing some …Read More

Chiseled in Rock Tuesday

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Today’s post at Chiseled in Rock is intended to draw your attention to the fine bloggers who are members of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. I’ve mentioned a few in the post, and there are more in the Chiseled in Rock blogroll. I hope you’ll drop by to visit a few of them and leave comments. …Read More

Still Playing Hooky

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I ran out of time before my trip (and really had nothing important to say anyway). Isn’t this just the laziest post ever?

Photos from the Writers’ Retreat

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I’m offline again this weekend, this time to visit my mom in another state. Meantime, please enjoy this little photo essay about my weekend retreat with the Northern Colorado Writers. My window looked out over the river, so I had the sound of rushing water as white noise during the day and to soothe me …Read More