Patricia Stoltey

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Key Elements in a Writing Contest … by Kathryn Mattingly

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I feel honored to be the coordinator for the Northern Colorado Writers Top of the Mountain writing contest associated with the annual conference which will be open to submissions in September. It’s a pleasure working with the wonderful, expert judges and the inspiring entrants who never cease to amaze with their interesting and well-penned manuscripts. …Read More

Look At All the Stuff Coming to Writers in Colorado

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My friend Trai Cartwright is the “writing for media” guru in our area of Colorado (that’s the Front Range from Denver north to Fort Collins), and I’m taking the liberty of passing on her list of super-fantastic workshops, classes, cons, etc. etc. Especially note the Explorati Teen Camp if you have a teen writer in …Read More

Writing the Range with Northern Colorado Writers … by April Moore

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Rome wasn’t built in a day. That’s what I had to remind myself on January 1 when I embarked on setting up my first writers conference. It ended up taking me five weeks to gather nearly 25 presenters for the 2016 Northern Colorado Writers Conference. While I had been a part of the NCW Conference …Read More

If You’re a Writer, Maybe You Should Visit Colorado! (Also Common Taters and Fried Cabbage)

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Some of the most awesome scenery in the world serves as the backdrop for at least three excellent writers’ conferences in 2016. Pikes Peak Writers Conference will be April 15-17 in Colorado Springs.  Registration is open now. Northern Colorado Writers Conference is scheduled for April 22-23 in Fort Collins (north of Denver) but information on …Read More

Character Growth: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

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By Jason P. Henry (Conference Director, 2016 Pikes Peak Writers Conference) I’d like to believe my writing abilities have come a long way since I first started. I could attribute my improvement to many things, but there’s one factor that I hold in highest regard. That is the multitude of amazing people I have met …Read More

Conferences for Writers — Colorado Has the Best of the Best

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I want to tell you more about the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference I just attended in Westminster, Colorado, September 11-13, but I’m having trouble deciding where to start. So before I begin…. Please stop by on Thursday and meet my guest blogger, Jason P. Henry. Jason is the conference director for the …Read More

I’m Back from Conference!

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But when I got home yesterday afternoon, my brain was ready to explode from information overload and I was so exhausted and so energized and so excited that I couldn’t even take a nap. It didn’t help that some goofball had tried his room key in the wrong slot at 2: 00 a.m. Sunday morning, …Read More