Patricia Stoltey

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The Days When Nothing Gets Done

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Yesterday was one of those days. The laundry did not get done. I knocked nothing off the To-Do list. I bought a supermarket salad for my husband’s dinner, and I ate yogurt with blueberries and granola. Here’s why: Yesterday morning, I spent too much time on e-mail. I read several chapters of a good mystery …Read More

Colorado Author — Teresa Funke

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Today it is my great pleasure to feature Northern Colorado author and publisher, Teresa Funke. After reading two of Teresa’s novels set during World War II, I wanted to ask her so many questions, probably enough to write a dozen interviews. I’ve narrowed it down, however, to Teresa’s publishing experience. As I thought about the …Read More

The Desert Hedge Murders — Excerpt and Synopsis

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Once again it’s time to inflict a little blatant self-promotion on my friends. Originally, I had planned to post just the back-of-the-book excerpt of my new mystery, The Desert Hedge Murders, but then I decided to show off that rattlesnake skin background as well. So I scanned the book cover, then cropped off the bottom …Read More

Skunk, Peanut Butter Cookie, or Books on Writing?

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You never know what you’re going to get when you drop in here, do you? Well, except for Mondays. That’s almost always a Colorado author feature. There are so many authors in Colorado that I expect I’ll keep on doing that for a long time. The other days, though, anything can happen. I might tell …Read More

The Twitter Connection

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There are still folks among my friends and acquaintances who think Twitter is a fad. They think it’s a passing fancy, destined for the vast web landfill within two years. I don’t know. Maybe they’re right. But does it matter? Can’t we enjoy the opportunities and the fun while they last?Heck, yes. And just to …Read More

One Interruption Leads to Another, But It’s All Good

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Yesterday afternoon I saved my WIP to a flash drive and shut down my desktop computer at the first sign of thunder. My fully-charged laptop waited for me downstairs. I figured I could squeeze in more writing time on the battery while the storm passed overhead.The thunder stopped and the clouds wandered aimlessly out to …Read More

Ann Parker Historical Mysteries Set in Leadville, Colorado

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This is a departure from my usual Colorado Author Monday. This week I want to welcome California author Ann Parker to our neck of the woods. Ann writes the award-winning Silver Rush historical mystery series set in Leadville, Colorado. The Silver Rush series was inspired by Ann’s ancestors who played a part in Leadville history. …Read More

Notes on Why We Write…Or Don’t Write

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In Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing, David Morrell tells the story of how he became drawn to fiction writing, his determination, his trials and errors, and his successes. The part of the story I like best is about a novel Morrell began when he was only twenty-five years old. He still lacked confidence in …Read More

Lethargy Strikes Again

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Last evening I was trying to come up with a post topic for today, and all I really wanted to do was go take another nap. After two nights in a row of disturbed sleep (the first caused by restless brain syndrome and the second due to a fierce midnight thunderstorm that left my nerves …Read More

What If…?

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The power was off on Monday morning when I first hopped out of bed. I thought for a minute. No power means no coffee unless I fire up the grill and ruin my teakettle over an open flame. I went back to bed. Didn’t go back to sleep though. Kept thinking, what if . . …Read More