Patricia Stoltey

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Bobbing for Watermelons by April J. Moore — The Story Behind the Story

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On March 19th, April J. Moore was my guest blogger with “The Power of Persistence.” In that post, she talks about the journey of writing Bobbing for Watermelons, a novel of women’s fiction, and how long it took before she knew she had it right. Here’s a little more from my own point of view. …Read More

The Rest of the Story About Five Posts per Week

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I’ve done some more reading around the web and have come to the conclusion that any post, any length, any content is better than no post…and it may be just as effective as five 1,000 word posts with amazing content. Post a photograph. Post a quote. Post a video. That can’t be too hard. Especially …Read More

The More Posts, the Better?

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A little homework on blog improvement tells me the more posts, the better. That means at least five times a week. Apparently the posts don’t have to be long or full of awesome content. I’m good with that. Coming up with awesome content in a world full of bloggers writing great posts is hard. If …Read More

I’m Using My Time Well…Sort Of

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Thought I’d poke my head out for a minute to see how things are going. Looks like the A to Z April Challenge is going well. I try to keep tabs on a a couple of regulars like Alex J. Cavanaugh and April J. Moore and then wander through the rest of the list, picking …Read More

The Colorado Gold Contest is now open for submissions

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The Colorado Gold Contest for unpublished writers opened for submissions on April 1st. This is an outstanding competition with professional literary agents and editors as the final judges. You can find all the rules for submission, deadline, and the names of the final judges at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers website contest page.

My Cameos in the NCW Conference video

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If you’re willing to give up 7.5 minutes of your valuable time, here’s the whole video created for the 2015 Northern Colorado Writers Conference by the conference creative team. I have two cameo appearances in this film that might give you chuckle. Or not…

A Little of This and a Little of That

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#1 One of the best blog posts for writers I read this week was on Anne R. Allen’s Blog. The post is called The 10 Commandments of Highly Productive Professional Writers. In addition to the “you must write and you must write a  lot” lessons, there are so many links to follow that one could …Read More