Patricia Stoltey

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News, A Call for Workshop Proposals, and a Very Special Anthology Open for Submissions

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Pikes Peak Writers Conference Call for Workshop Proposals MB Partlow, Programming Director for the 2017 Pikes Peak Writers Conference and Vice President of Pikes Peak Writers announces that the 2017 Pikes Peak Writers Conference is accepting workshop proposals through Sept. 15! This is for the 25th annual conference, April 28-30–bigger and better than ever! To …Read More

Court Trouble—Not the Legal Kind … by Mike Befeler

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For the last twenty years, I’ve played a sport called platform tennis. As an ex-tennis player with aging joints, I found this an enjoyable sport on a court a third the size of a tennis court. Writers consider everything material for a novel, so I had to set a mystery on a platform tennis court. …Read More

Writers–Make Peace with Your Choices and Stop Feeling Guilty

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I read so many blog posts and Facebook updates from authors who are carrying the huge burden of producing less than the author who lives down the street or even producing less than the goal on their personal writing plan. That prolific author Laura DiSilverio, for instance, writes 2,000 words a day no matter what. …Read More

How to Create the Perfect Writing Soundtrack … by Laurence MacNaughton

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Before I became a full-time writer, I thought music was too distracting to play while I was writing. I thought I needed absolute silence. Then I got a job as a staff writer, and suddenly I couldn’t hear myself think. Stuck in the middle of a bustling open-plan office, I quickly discovered that if I …Read More

This Week’s Best of the Best (and Other Stuff)

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I have a couple of blog post recommendations for you. First is this humor post from Jenny Sundstedt, a local author and active member of Northern Colorado Writers. The post is on the Hot Chocolate Press website’s blog. Jenny is the co-author with Kerrie Flanagan of Write Away: A Year of Musing and Motivation for …Read More

No Such Thing As “I Can’t” … by Amy Rivers

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When I was in 2nd grade, I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, which caused severe visual impairment. Up to that point, I was your typical scrawny urchin. I grew up in the desert of Southern New Mexico and I spent most of my childhood playing in the dirt. But after the diagnosis, many things …Read More

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