Patricia Stoltey

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My April Post on the Blood-Red Pencil Blog

April 4, 2019 By: Patricia

I’m at the Blood-Red Pencil Blog with a few suggestions about how to make your Twitter experience a little more fun. I know folks who abandoned this social media giant for a lot of good reasons, but there are ways and workarounds  that can eliminate a bunch of frustrating factors. Check out my ideas for …Read More

Category: Blood-Red Pencil blog Tag: Blood-Red Pencil blog, Pat Stoltey, Twitter

Equine Therapy in Fiction and For Real … by Jodi Burnett

March 19, 2019 By: Patricia

The Power of Horses in Therapy Hi, I’m Jodi Burnett. My new romantic-suspense novel, Run For The Hills, was released March 4th, 2019. Joscelyn Turner, the main female character, is a social worker who works with at-risk kids in the foster-care system using equine assisted therapy. I’ve read many stories and seen lots of movies …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, Guest Blogger, The Writing Life Tag: Equine therapy, Horses in therapy, Jodi Burnett, romantic suspense, Run for the Hills

A Bomb Cyclone This Week, Spring Flowers Next Week

March 14, 2019 By: Patricia

To tell the truth, I already had spring flowers before the bomb cyclone winds and snow arrived in Colorado this week. And in spite of the blizzard conditions yesterday, my purple crocuses popped right back up through the snow today. I do love Colorado weather (especially when I can stay inside with a cup of …Read More

Category: Blood-Red Pencil blog, Books and Authors, The Writing Life Tag: Blood-Red Pencil blog, Bomb cyclone, Colorado weather, Five Star Anthology, Mary Birk, Sandra Dallas, spring flowers

Where There’s A Will, There’s Bound To Be A Way

February 19, 2019 By: Patricia

My WordPress Confusion And sure enough, after I did a little more homework, I found I could recall, install, and activate the classic editor screen for creating new blog posts…and use it until at least 2021. What a relief! I’m super busy right now and just don’t have the time to learn another blog writing …Read More

Category: Blood-Red Pencil blog, Books and Authors, Guest Blogger, The Writing Life, Writing Tag: Blood-Red Pencil blog, Katie Cat, Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War, The Masked Singer, Wishing Caswell Dead

I Can’t Find the Toolbar

February 18, 2019 By: Patricia

Okay, there’s part of it. I do love change…really. I need to do more homework.

Category: Uncategorized Tag: Aargh, Wordpress update

Uh…WordPress Changed Stuff While I Wasn’t Paying Attention

February 18, 2019 By: Patricia

I need to do some homework to figure this out. This is what happens when I get busy with something else (like the revisions and edits for my current novel-in-progress) and I don’t follow up on the update notifications. It’s called gross negligence. I guess I better get busy. I have a guest blogger scheduled …Read More

Category: The Writing Life Tag: Arrgh!, Wordpress update

The Joys of the Season

December 24, 2018 By: Patricia

First of all, let me wish you a wonderful holiday season with a Merry Christmas and a happy, satisfying new year. My husband and I opt out of holiday travel so we can avoid the stress that comes with airports and airplanes and weather disruptions, not to mention the whole family gathering, gift-buying, cooking, and …Read More

Category: Photography, The Writing Life Tag: Merry Christmas, Sassy Dog and Katie Cat

When You Don’t Use an Idea Fast Enough, Does It Really Move on to Someone Else?

December 17, 2018 By: Patricia

Ideas Won’t Hang Around Forever? In 2015, Elizabeth Gilbert’s still best-selling book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, was published. I read it then, and I’m getting ready to read it again this winter. The book gave me a lot to think about, but there’s one point Gilbert made that has come to pass in …Read More

Category: Blood-Red Pencil blog, Books and Authors, The Writing Life Tag: Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert, Kim Fu, The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, Wishing Caswell Dead, Wishing Caswell Dead large print

Two are Better Than One; Tips for a Successful Co-Author Partnership … by Kerrie Flanagan

December 12, 2018 By: Patricia

When you meet the one, it all falls into place. You no longer have to carry the burden alone. The workload is shared, you encourage each other through the tough times and celebrate successes together. With the right partner, co-authoring can be an incredible experience that fuses the synergy and talents of two writers into …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, Guest Blogger, Writing Tag: Bared Secret, C.K. Wiles, Chuck Harrelson, Kerrie Flanagan, Showtime Rendezvous, Stage Bound, Stark Reflections Podcast, writing collaborations

Exiting the Doldrums

December 6, 2018 By: Patricia

No, I haven’t been to the Equator I’ve been lost in those other doldrums–the kind characterized by inactivity and slothfulness. I don’t feel depressed, just plain old-fashioned lazy. I’ve read a lot of books though. And I have applied my critique group’s suggestions to my work-in-process. But have I finished the big revision yet? Nope. …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, Guest Blogger, The Writing Life Tag: Kerrie Flanagan, Lesa's Book Critiques, social media, Wishing Caswell Dead

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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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