Patricia Stoltey

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How to Write Outside Your Experience … by Teresa R. Funke

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I used to get this question all the time, “What’s a young woman like you doing writing about World War II?” It was said sometimes with simple curiosity and other times with a tinge of suspicion. How could I, a young woman writing about a war that ended more than twenty years before I was …Read More

I’m a Reader with Eclectic Interests

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I read almost all genres of fiction and tons of non-fiction besides. Currently I’m reading the advance review copy of an entertaining historical romance, Cirque, by Mary Ellen Dennis (available for pre-order in hardcover and ebook) and have also taken a peek at the beginning of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a [Fbomb]: A …Read More

A Few Things I’ve Learned Over the Last Couple of Years

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We’re never too old to learn new life lessons. I seem to pick up a few insights every year–things I should have known sooner and other revelations that unfold as life unfolds. Here are some of the thoughts that wander through my sometimes unfocused mind. Social media is more anti-social than social. It’s a bad …Read More

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH – ARTISTS By Linda L. Osmundson

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The story goes that when Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) told her father she wanted to be a painter, he said, “I’d rather see you dead.” Such was the mentality about women in the arts – writers, painters, sculptors – for centuries. Women’s History month will most likely skip over women who contributed to art history. What …Read More

What the Heck Happened to January?

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Time sure does fly when I’m busy. For that matter, it flies pretty fast when I’m procrastinating, too. I spent a lot of hours in January reading suspense novels. I can recommend author Ruth Ware because I read two of hers and loved them (The Woman in Cabin 10 and In a Dark, Dark Wood). …Read More

I’ve Returned to the Blood-Red Pencil Blog

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I’m back at the Blood-Red Pencil as a monthly contributor. My first regular post is up today, and it’s all about beginnings. Just because you made a New Year’s resolution and broke it before the end of the first week, you don’t have to throw in the towel. This year, look at those goals and …Read More

A Goodreads Giveaway for Wishing Caswell Dead

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As promised, I’m giving away five hardcover copies of Wishing Caswell Dead on Goodreads. This giveaway is for U.S. residents.  Here’s the link: Goodreads Book Giveaway Wishing Caswell Dead by Pat Stoltey Giveaway ends January 05, 2018. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway In the early 1800s in a village on the Illinois …Read More

It’s All About the Book

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Sometimes, it seems there’s nothing else going on in my life  except for the book. Then I think about other little things I’ve done…like the day I baked two batches of banana-blueberry muffins and five batches of traditional Party Mix. Today I went to the library and stocked up on movies so I can do …Read More

My Favorite Reads of 2017

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One of my goals for 2018 is to read more, lots more. For me, that means watch less television in the evenings. Should be an easy transition. A few years ago, I rarely watched TV because I always had my nose in a good book. Attacks of lethargy and stress and the lure of all …Read More