Patricia Stoltey

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Passing on the Heart of the Dragon Award

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The Heart of a Dragon Award is a very special award for the blogger who inspires you and/or others to go above and beyond or the blogger who helps keep us all connected. Sylvia Dickey Smith of Rules to Live By was kind enough to pass this award on to me on September 23rd. Thank …Read More

Passing on The B-I-N-G-O Beautiful Blog Award

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On September 3rd, Jane Kennedy Sutton passed on the B-I-N-G-O Beautiful Blog Award (naming me B for Beautiful) at her blog, Jane’s Ride. I acknowledged the award on September 8th, but did not pass it on at the time. As Jane said, it’s getting harder to pass on these awards as so many of the …Read More

Passing on the Honest Scrap Award

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On September 4th, Helen Ginger of Straight From Hel awarded me the Honest Scrap Award. I commented at the time that this award title made me chuckle since I suspected everything on my blog would qualify as scrap. The real meaning of the award, however, is sweet and kind and worthy of sending on to …Read More

Poudre River Public Library Writers’ Block

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Here’s what happened at the Writers’ Block event at the main library in Fort Collins, Colorado, last Saturday. Author Cricket McRae and I set up our books and promo materials at tables under an awning on the library grounds a little before noon. The third table under the awning was for the local NaNoWriMo (National …Read More

Colorado Author — Will Hobbs

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By participating in a fun event at the Poudre River Public Library in Fort Collins, Colorado yesterday, I uncovered the name of another extraordinary and multi-published Colorado author, Will Hobbs. Mr. Hobbs was scheduled to speak after Writers Block (more about the story on the sidewalk tomorrow). Although I wasn’t able to attend the Hobbs …Read More

I Have Another Winner!

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Ta Da… The winner of a signed copy of The Desert Hedge Murders (and a bonus gift) is: Julie Godfrey MillerMinnesota Julie’s entry was one of the carryover entries from the first drawing. In addition to the book, she will receive a large mug displaying the book’s cover on the outside . I order these …Read More

Another Way to Win Books

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DON’T FORGET TO LEAVE A COMMENT TODAY IF YOU WANT TO ENTER THE RUNNING FOR A SIGNED COPY OF THE DESERT HEDGE MURDERS AND A SURPRISE BONUS GIFT. THE DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 U.S. MOUNTAIN TIME).Did you know the Mystery Writers of America now has a monthly contest for readers where …Read More

Mix and Match Thursday

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DON’T FORGET TO LEAVE A COMMENT TODAY IF YOU WANT TO ENTER THE RUNNING FOR A SIGNED COPY OF THE DESERT HEDGE MURDERS AND A SURPRISE BONUS GIFT. What I’m Reading This Week: A few weeks ago I read the Sophie Littlefield interview at Linda Faulkner’s Author Exchange Blog. I decided right then I wanted …Read More

The Second and Last September Drawing

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Welcome to the second drawing for a signed copy of the hardcover edition of The Desert Hedge Murders, the second novel in the Sylvia and Willie series. If you follow the title link, you will be able to read the excerpt and synopsis I posted here in August. There will be a secret bonus gift …Read More

Colorado Author — Warren Hammond

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I discovered Warren Hammond at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Conference when I picked up one of his books in the bookseller’s room, thought the story line and main character (Juno Mozambe) were intriguing, and bought copies of both Kop and Ex-Kop. Here’s a quote from the publisher’s synopsis of Kop: “Juno is a dirty …Read More