Patricia Stoltey

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Write Away: A Year of Musings and Motivations for Writers

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Today is book launch day for Write Away: A Year of Musings and Motivations for Writers by Kerrie L. Flanagan and Jenny Sundstedt. Kerrie is the director of Northern Colorado Writers, and Jenny is an NCW member, a valuable part of the NCW conference creative team, and an excellent writer. I’m not going to say …Read More

Just So You Know…I Write Just Because

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Katie Cat won the day yesterday. She not only bugged me until I took her outside (with harness and leash), but later when I got up to fetch a glass of iced tea, she stole my chair…or at least the cushion. She has now adopted my computer chair cushion as the best place for her …Read More

A Message from Katie Cat

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Pat’s too busy to play with me. So she says. Apparently she’s too busy to write a real blog post, too. She’s full of excuses, but I know the truth. It’s her turn to submit a couple of chapters to her critique group this week, and she hasn’t written one single word since May 24th. …Read More

Rules for Writers … by Susan Oleksiw

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During the last few weeks, the media has been full of discussions about slips and goofs and outright disasters on social media. Young college graduates are warned that an inappropriate selfie could ruin a chance at a good first job, a rant on Facebook could lead to ostracism, and an insensitive comment could bring down …Read More

Pulling Weeds, Including the Ones in My Manuscript

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I’ve been outside a little every day, trimming and planting and pulling weeds. The weeds take the most work. I have a lot of them. My work in progress was full of weeds, too. I started it during NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in November but stopped after 25,000 words when I realized I liked …Read More

On Pantsers, Plotters and Pilots … by David Freed

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As a licensed pilot, this is why I appreciate maps: because flying without them, especially in unfamiliar skies, ups my stress level and increases my chances of crashing. As the author of three traditionally published mystery-thrillers (now working on my fourth), I rely on maps of a sort for the same reason. The outline I’ve …Read More