Patricia Stoltey

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Retire into Writing by Mike Befeler, Guest Blogger

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One of my favorite Colorado mystery authors, Mike Befeler, is here today with a post about his path to publication. If you haven’t read the first two Paul Jacobson “Geezer-lit” novels, you’re missing a bit of fun mixed with a few poignant moments all mixed up with murder. It’s a winning combination. The first two …Read More

A Little of This and a Little of That

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Congratulations to Margot Kinberg Winner of a copy of How to Write a Dick: A Guide for Writing Fictional Sleuths from a Couple of Real-Life Sleuths Kindle edition from the Writing PIs, Colleen Collins and Shaun Kaufman A Special Guest on Monday I have a special Monday guest blogger next week. Mystery author Mike Befeler …Read More

Tips and Techniques for Interviewing Witnesses by Colleen Collins and Shaun Kaufman, Guest Bloggers

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Since I’ve never met a real life private investigator before, I’m very excited to have Colleen and Shaun guest post for us. This PI and writing team has conducted online classes, workshops at conferences, and blogged extensively about principles of investigation especially geared toward mystery writers. They are members of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of …Read More

Wednesday Scramble

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Thursday Guest Bloggers My most unusual guest this Thursday is the Private Investigator team of Colleen Collins and Shaun Kaufman known as the Writing PIs. Active as investigators, instructors, advisers to crime writers, and authors in their own right, the Writing PIs are celebrating the release of How to Write a Dick: A Guide for …Read More

It’s Monday Again

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And I have a case of blogger brain freeze. I’ll catch up with you tomorrow at Chiseled in Rock blog.

Revisions, A New Roof Next Door, and a Writing Class

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The good news: Today and tomorrow will be more spend-most-of-the-day-on-novel-revisions days. I’m closing in on the final chapters. I’ll still have two more passes to make through the manuscript, but at least the hardest part will be done. I’ll squeeze in a visit to the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, of course. Can’t miss that. The …Read More

Writing a Sequel by Mark Stevens, Guest Blogger

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Mark Stevens is another one of those Colorado authors I love to talk about. As member and Program Chair of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, he already has a big job putting together together the excellent monthly programs for RMFW. On top of that, he has a real job in the real world (as opposed to …Read More

Wednesday Scramble

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Tomorrow’s Guest Be very excited! My guest blogger tomorrow is Mark Stevens, author of the newly released Buried by the Roan, the second Allison Coil mystery (set in Colorado). Contests from Springfield Writers Guild Prizes for prose and poetry. For more information, visit the Springfield Writers Guild website. The 2011 contests and rules are here. …Read More