Patricia Stoltey

Author

SinC Into Great Writing

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Yesterday was the long afternoon and evening writing workshop and dinner sponsored by Sisters in Crime. It was outstanding. The four hour session with literary agent Donald Maass was exhausting and demanding. We had to think and work all afternoon. I have more than ten pages (college-ruled notebook) of notes and ideas that will launch …Read More

What Is It About Cars?

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Today I drive into Indianapolis, get rid of my lovely rental car, check into the hotel, and then attend the SinC into Great Writing event featuring literary agent Donald Maass, Nancy Pickard, Hallie Ephron, and Chris Roerden. The Donald Maass workshop will focus on the novels-in-progress of the attendees. I have my WIP with me, …Read More

Travel Tuesday

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Today I’ll be driving from Urbana, Illinois to just north of Indianapolis where I’ll spend the night with my niece and her family. The drive will be mostly off-interstate. It takes longer, but it’s pretty country and there are very few trucks along the way. The weather should be dry. That will be a nice …Read More

The Colorado Authors — May and June

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Since I’m still away from home and looking for shortcut blog posts for another week, today I’ll link to some of the Colorado authors I’ve featured so far. Your holiday shopping trips probably include a few books, right? Please keep these authors in mind: Mike Befeler, author of Retirement Homes are Murder and Living With …Read More

Living in the Past (for an hour or so)

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This morning I will visit a creative writing class at University Laboratory High School (associated with the University of Illinois in Urbana) from which I graduated almost fifty years ago. Yep, I’m from the Class of 1960. That proves it. I’m practically older than dirt. This should be a fun morning. I’ll write more about …Read More

Mix and Match

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What I’m Reading: I was reading Warren Hammond‘s Kop on the airplane on Tuesday and was about halfway into the novel, (and enjoying it). When we landed, I tucked the book into the seat back pouch while I retrieved my purse from under the seat in front of me. I put my billfold in my …Read More

Tuesday Travel, Wednesday Rest

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And that’s why this blog post will be very short, followed by several other short posts (and not always posted in the morning). I’m visiting family in Illinois until next Tuesday. On Friday I’ll speak to a creative writing class at my old high school, but that’s the only writing-related activity I have planned for …Read More

When We’re Ninety-Three

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One of the kind reviewers who read The Desert Hedge Murders began her comments with the observation that she’d doubted (at least at first) whether ladies in their eighties would be as energetic and spunky as my ladies of The Florida Flippers travel club. The reviewer noted, however, an example of a real life older …Read More

Colorado Author — Stephen White

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One of Colorado’s most well-known authors is Stephen White, author of fifteen books in the series featuring Alan Gregory, a Boulder, Colorado psychologist. Since White practiced for over fifteen years as a clinical psychologist, he has an excellent background for creating interesting plots and characters. White’s August 2009 release, The Siege, deals with a terrorist …Read More