Patricia Stoltey

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Tom Piccirilli’s The Cold Spot

May 26, 2009 By: Patricia

The perfect choice for a determined effort to read good books while ignoring Twitter, Facebook, and all those e-mails, The Cold Spot by Tom Piccirilli delivers. First of all, I love mysteries, and it doesn’t matter whether they’re noir or cozy, police procedural or amateur sleuth. It’s only natural I’d put mysteries high on my …Read More

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Lemony Snicket’s Horseradish

May 25, 2009 By: Patricia

I admit I was expecting something funny. Instead, I found Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid to be as bitter as the root after which the author named his book. It is pessimism and cynicism with a little dark humor thrown in–not what I was looking for to begin my two-day reading project. It’s my …Read More

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Let the Reading Begin

May 24, 2009 By: Patricia

If you read yesterday’s post, you know I’m taking a great big break and intend to read for fun most of today and tomorrow. Four books have clawed their way to the top of my stacks of books: Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid — Lemony SnicketThe Cold Spot — Tom Piccirilli (mystery — Colorado …Read More

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Temporarily Out of Order

May 23, 2009 By: Patricia

Tomorrow (Sunday) morning I’m going to declare myself “Temporarily Out of Order.” I might even write that on a Post-It note and stick it to my forehead. Tomorrow and Monday, I will not spend more than two hours per day at my computer. I will not check most lists or groups. I will not visit …Read More

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Ten Things I Don’t Love

May 22, 2009 By: Patricia

A couple of days ago, I blogged about ten things I love. That one was easy. Today I’ll let you in on the rest of the story. I have another side. Yes, it’s true, there are things in this world I don’t care for. Side note: the really bad stuff would go on a list …Read More

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Some Thoughts About Creating Characters

May 21, 2009 By: Patricia

As I read through my advance review copy of The Desert Hedge Murders, I’m reminded how much fun I had creating and writing about The Florida Flippers, a travel club of elderly ladies. One of the ladies, Kristina Grisseljon, is the mother of my protagonists, Sylvia Thorn and Willie Grisseljon. Kristina is a spirited gal …Read More

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Ten Things I Love

May 20, 2009 By: Patricia

1. Wednesdays. I love Wednesdays. I think it’s because I associate that day with pleasant things. For instance, I schedule my monthly massage on a Wednesday. And another thing, I never have to cook dinner on a Wednesday because my husband grabs a sandwich before he leaves to play bridge. On Wednesdays, I know I …Read More

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Sleep-Deprived Blogger Has Brain Fog

May 19, 2009 By: Patricia

I’m really tired today (Monday). Last night I came upstairs at 10:00 to do one more thing at my computer (after watching the Survivor finale), and ended up hitting the sack at 2:45 AM. As usual, the “one more thing” had turned into ten more things. Once in bed, of course, I couldn’t fall right …Read More

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Colorado Author — Paula Reed

May 18, 2009 By: Patricia

Remember that teaser blog last week about Author Janet? I was playing around. Our Colorado author of the week is Paula Reed. Everything else I told you about her was true. She was a teacher at Columbine in 1999, she has been published in the romance genre, and she has just sold a historical novel …Read More

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Photos from Norway

May 17, 2009 By: Patricia

Today I wanted to experiment with posting photos, something I hadn’t tried on the blog yet, so I’ve chosen three from the solo trip I took to Norway in May 1998. Norway was a natural choice for an adventure. My maternal grandfather, Lars Ringstveit, emigrated to the United States with one of his brothers when …Read More

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Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read More…

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