Patricia Stoltey

Author

It’s the Little Things That Drive Me Crazy

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And there were several of them this week. 1.  My son sent an over-sized birthday card without realizing it would need extra postage. In the past if I received mail with postage due, the mailman would deliver the mail anyway and put a little envelope in the mailbox for me to put the change owed …Read More

Mother’s Day Snow in Northern Colorado

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You saw the pansies right after I planted them in the previous post. Here’s what they looked like yesterday. The pansies were next to the dahlia, which is the thingie sticking up above the snow. And here’s what the flowers look like this morning. I don’t know know what else to say.

More Snow? Really?

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I was complaining the other day on Facebook that I’d planted a few pansies and a couple dahlias in one corner of my garden on a beautiful May day, and two days later we had hours of downpour, much of it in the form of hail. Needless to say, my flowers were shredded. We had …Read More

When You’re Stuck, Relax … by Orly Konig-Lopez

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First posted, April 16, 2014 on Writers in the Storm Last week my husband convinced me to go on a bike ride with him. My road bike has been in the basement on a trainer for well over a year. To say I was a bit nervous is an understatement. After all, in the basement …Read More

Writerly Stuff You Need to Know About

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Upcoming Classes in Colorado A Writer’s ToolboxFrom Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Note:  Chance to Win a Conference Registration Fee — RMFW is giving away a conference registration fee and two online classes as door prizes at the May Education Event.Presented by Hannah BowmanLiza Dawson AssociatesSaturday, May 178:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.MDenver, CO Novel and Memoir …Read More

Two Special Books for the Price of One

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Kerrie Flanagan, director of Northern Colorado Writers, and Dean K. Miller are two of the amazing local writers in my life. Here’s a special offer on their recently published books. Hot Chocolate Press

How To Research Your Novel Like A Pro … by Jen J. Danna

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Unless you write epic fantasy—where the big challenge is convincing worldbuilding—most authors will need to set at least part of their novel in the real world. Since most of us have limited knowledge of the greater world, we need to research topics so our characters will know what they’re talking about. As a writer who …Read More