Patricia Stoltey

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Book(s) Review: The Judas Files

March 24, 2022 By: Patricia

The five books in The Judas Files series present an original concept of Hell with Judas Iscariot leading a not-so-merry band of hellish souls who are supposed to sow discord and disaster Topside. There’s a secret mission, however, to thwart the evil and save humanity. Gabe is that double agent. What’s even more difficult is …Read More

Category: Books and Authors Tag: Artful Evil, book review, C, Final Ruin, G. Harris, New Dominion, The Judas Files, The Nine, War Origin

Book Review: The Storm Crows by Jenny Sundstedt

December 19, 2021 By: Patricia

In Jenny Sundstedt’s novels, Passing Through and The Storm Crows, counselors in an afterlife waystation provide advice and therapy for people who’ve died but have unresolved issues that prevent them from moving on. In The Storm Crows, Eugenia Kratt is the supervisor who tries to keep everyone, both clients and counselors, on the right path. …Read More

Category: Books and Authors Tag: book review, Jenny Sundstedt, Passing Through, The Storm Crows

A Six-Word Mystery Contest for Everyone (over 18) Opens September 1st

August 25, 2021 By: Patricia

Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America sponsors a six-word mystery contest. Doesn’t that sound like fun? This is the fifth year for this competition which is growing in popularity and drawing entries from all over the world. The contest logo is above, but you can’t really “enter now.” Mark your calendar so you don’t forget …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, Writer's organizations, Writing contests Tag: RMMWA, Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America, six-word mystery contest, writing contest

I’m a Claymore Award Finalist!

July 30, 2021 By: Patricia

I am so pleased and honored to announce that I am one of the 20 finalists for the Killer Nashville Claymore Award competition. This award is based on the first 50 pages of unpublished manuscripts submitted in a range of crime fiction categories. The full list of finalists can be found at the Killer Nashville …Read More

Category: The Writing Life, Writing contests

Where Does the Time Go?

July 17, 2021 By: Patricia

I’ve not been in hiding, just busy doing other things. I’m working on a cozy mystery with humor. I write a monthly post (usually submitted late) for the Blood-Red Pencil blog. I do social media tasks for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America (RMMWA). I’ve been reading a lot (also known as …Read More

Category: Blood-Red Pencil blog, Books and Authors, The Writing Life

My Post at the Blood-Red Pencil Blog

March 16, 2021 By: Patricia

Please visit the Blood-Red Pencil Blog for my post on memoir. I’ve listed several recommendations along with my comments.    

Category: Blood-Red Pencil blog, Books and Authors Tag: Jim Davidson, Memorial Drive, Natasha Trethewey, Patricia Stoltey, reading memoir, The Next Everest, writing memoir

Two Very Different Ways to Experience the Call of the Wild

February 25, 2021 By: Patricia

I have a couple of friends who experience nature in very different ways. One takes her camera and her excellent eye for color and detail into her backyard. The other looks to the mountains for his nature fix by hiking or climbing. I’d like to tell you more about these two people and their new …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, Photography, Writing Tag: Everday Hidden Wonders, Jim Davidson, Linda Dahlberg, The Next Everest

Random Words About Whatever

February 5, 2021 By: Patricia

The Quarantine Tapes First, let me direct you to the Blood-Red Pencil blog where I’ve posted about The Quarantine Tapes, a series of podcasts of special interest for Black History Month and to inform about how some celebrated writers are dealing with the pandemic. Walter Mosley served as guest interviewer for a couple of the …Read More

Category: Blood-Red Pencil blog, Books and Authors, The Writing Life Tag: American Idol, Atomic Habits, Begin Again, Patricia Stoltey, The Quarantine Tapes, Walter Mosley

Progress on So Many Fronts

January 30, 2021 By: Patricia

I seem to have worked through my month of inertia and am now charging full speed ahead on book projects.   This includes getting the out-of-print thriller, Dead Wrong, back into circulation as an ebook. I made a few edits to this manuscript, mostly to clean up the language. I allowed my inner bad guy …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, The Writing Life Tag: book reviews, Brian Kaufman, Dead Wrong, Dread Tribunal of Last Resort, Patricia Stoltey

What I’ve Been Reading

January 24, 2021 By: Patricia

I have to report on what I’ve been reading because I have nothing to report on the writing front. I think I went into a state of suspended animation while we went through the election squabbles and then that frightening business at the Capitol. I did watch some news, but mostly I read books in …Read More

Category: Books and Authors Tag: #amreading, Artful Evil, C.G. Harris, Fleur T. Bradley, G.P. Gottlieb, Judith Starkston, Midnight at the Barclay Hotel, Of Kings and Griffins, Smothered, what I'm reading

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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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