Patricia Stoltey

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Friday, Friday…

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Critique Groups Today’s post is a little short. I have a big afternoon ahead, meeting with fourteen writers at varying levels of experience, fiction and non-fiction, all eager to join a critique group. My job is to organize and train, then after a few meetings, I leave the group. At that point, the members take …Read More

Wednesday Scramble

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Tomorrow’s Guest I’m very excited that Arlee Bird will be here tomorrow to talk about blogging, getting more followers to your blog, and the great 2011 A to Z April Blog Challenge. Lee, who blogs at tossing it out, is a perfect example of what can happen when you think outside the box, come up …Read More

Getting Cozy with Talk Radio

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Okay, that might have been a little misleading. I’m talking about “cozy” mysteries and the book I just picked up at the library after seeing the author’s guest appearance at Helen Ginger’s blog, Straight from Hel. I’m reading Dead Air: A Talk Radio Mystery by Mary Kennedy. It’s off to a great start…a talk show …Read More

Cirque du Soleil, Writer’s Knowledge Base, and That’s All

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Cirque du Soleil I’m pretty excited about this afternoon. I signed up for a Senior Center bus to the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado for a matinee performance of the Cirque du Soleil touring performance of Alegria. You’ll have to check out the website, because I already know they don’t allow photos during the …Read More

Working at This Place is Murder! (Or the Problem with Writing a Mystery Series) By Karen McCullough, Guest Blogger

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Today I’d like to welcome Karen McCullough, author of a number of novels in the romantic suspense, fantasy, and mystery genres, including A Question of Fire, Shadow of a Doubt, Wizard’s Bridge, and Witch’s Journey. Her novella “Heart of the Night” is part of the Shadowed Hearts series of Gothic romance novellas, and “Vampire’s Christmas …Read More

Wednesday Scramble

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Tomorrow’s Guest Blogger I’ll be welcoming Five Star/Cengage mystery author Karen McCullough. Her novel, A Gift for Murder, is now available for pre-order. Two New Releases from Members of Northern Colorado Writers Check out Food Allergies and Schools: A Pocket Guide for Educators by Julie Trone. If your kids have life-threatening food allergies, you might …Read More

Chiseled in Rock Tuesday: Beep! Beep!

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I’m at my regular Tuesday gig at Chiseled in Rock, trying to get a little attention with a photo of the charming burro from Oatman, Arizona, who poked his head in the window of the Oatman Hotel lobby to see if anyone in there had a carrot. I also have a couple of links that …Read More

My Path to Publication by Mary Ann Seymour, Guest Blogger

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Today it’s my pleasure to introduce Mary Ann Seymour, author of Around the Square and Butterfly Messages. This fall I attended a large author’s event hosted by Jax Outdoor Gear and Jax Ranch and Home stores in Fort Collins, Colorado. I had the good fortune to sit near several authors I had not met before, …Read More