Patricia Stoltey

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A Few Things I’ve Learned Over the Last Couple of Years

March 5, 2018 By: Patricia

We’re never too old to learn new life lessons. I seem to pick up a few insights every year–things I should have known sooner and other revelations that unfold as life unfolds. Here are some of the thoughts that wander through my sometimes unfocused mind. Social media is more anti-social than social. It’s a bad …Read More

Tag: a book to make you cry, A Few Things I've Learned, aches and pains in aging, books for better health, Chill out, Colorado Gold Conference, Left Coast Crime 2018, New life lessons, Northern Colorado Writers Conference, social media, social media is anti-social, The Art of Racing in the Rain

The Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Podcast

December 5, 2017 By: Patricia

I had a fun and exciting chat with Mark Stevens of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and the result is this podcast where we talk about the show Survivor, my upcoming book release, Wishing Caswell Dead, and a little about writing craft and the writing life. You can find the podcast at the RMFW website.   …Read More

Tag: Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers podcast, Survivor, Wishing Caswell Dead

Key Elements in a Writing Contest … by Kathryn Mattingly

June 23, 2016 By: Patricia

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

Tag: guest blogger, Journey, Kathryn Mattingly, Northern Colorado Writers, Top of the Mountain contest, Winter Goose Publishing

Will I See You at the Northern Colorado Writers Conference?

April 7, 2016 By: Patricia

I’m all registered and ready for another great experience at the Northern Colorado Writers spring conference in Fort Collins, Colorado on Friday and Saturday, April 22-23. The conference will be held at a new location this year. The Marriott Hotel in Fort Collins is centrally located and easy to find. The lineup of presenters is …Read More

Tag: Grant Blackwood, Northern Colorado Writers Conference

Look At All the Stuff Coming to Writers in Colorado

March 29, 2016 By: Patricia

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

Tag: Denver ComicCon, Explorati Teen Camp, Trai Cartwright, Women in Fim and Media, writing for film, writing for media, writing for television, writing memoir

Writing the Range with Northern Colorado Writers … by April Moore

February 25, 2016 By: Patricia

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

Tag: April J. Moore, Bobbing for Watermelons, Chuck Barrett, Folsom's 93, Grant Blackwood, Laura DiSilverio, Laura Resau, Melanie Crowder, Northern Colorado Writers, Northern Colorado Writers Conference, Todd Mitchell

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

January 5, 2016 By: Patricia

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

Tag: Colorado Conferences, Common Tater Award, food, Northern Colorado Writers, Pikes Peak Writers, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

Character Growth: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

September 17, 2015 By: Patricia

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

Tag: character development, comfort zone, guest blogger, Jason P. Henry, Pikes Peak Writers, Pikes Peak Writers Conference

Conferences for Writers — Colorado Has the Best of the Best

September 15, 2015 By: Patricia

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

Tag: Carol Berg, Chris Goff, Colorado Gold Conference, crime fiction, Revisions

I’m Back from Conference!

September 14, 2015 By: Patricia

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

Tag: Colorado Gold Conference, RMFW

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Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read More…

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