Patricia Stoltey

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The Anti-New Year Resolution Post

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I have no New Year Resolutions for you. I don’t even resolve not to resolve. I’m simply going to pretend the whole idea doesn’t and never did exist. Resolutions? My habit is to make ’em and break ’em. I’ve been doing it that way for too many years. I quit. I’m going into 2014 with …Read More

My Company Arrives on Friday

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I’m counting on being germ free by then so I can enjoy The Cat in the Hat on stage with the almost five-year-old granddaughter. I love The Cat in the Hat. And we’re supposed to make cookies together. I already bought all the ingredients. And I have three additional adults to keep well-fed (and even …Read More

Jingle Cough, Jingle Sneeze

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Jingle Cough Sneeze Sneeze Yes, that’s the reason I haven’t posted on my blog in the last couple of days. I have one of those colds that takes its time meandering from one phase to another, acting like it’s almost over one day and then coming back full force the next. So it’s back to …Read More

The Winners Are…..

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The two winners of an Advance Review Copy of Stone Cold Dead by  Catherine Dilts are Author and Blogger Alex J. Cavanaugh and and Author and Blogger J. A. Kazimer Congratulations!

The Velveteen Rabbit and Me …. by Catherine Dilts

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Many an author warns “pre-pubbed” writers to enjoy the journey. Publication opens a whole new can of worms. They tell us that they long for the days before deadlines, worries about sales, and the pressure to produce the next great book. We don’t listen, of course, believing that the goal of publication brings nothing but …Read More

And the Winner Is….

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I’m pleased to announce that the winner of an Advance Review Copy of Ellen Larson’s sci fi mystery In Retrospect is Dean K. Miller  (selected via random.org) Dean is a Northern Colorado Writer and blogger You can find out more about him and his work at his website and blog. Congratulations to Dean and many …Read More

In Retrospect … by Ellen Larson

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My sci-fi murder mystery, In Retrospect, comes out this week, and in keeping with the title, it seems like a good time to reflect on a few of the experiences in my life that informed the book. In chronological order: As a child in the Sixties, I listened to the news with my family every …Read More

I Love My Critique Group

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After bailing out of NaNoWriMo at about 22,000 words, I submitted the first three rough draft chapters to my critique group. The feedback, as always, was varied and one member didn’t always agree with another, but the biggest flaws in that frantic grasping at words floated to the top. I did my first rewrite of …Read More

I Have Perfected the Art of Waiting

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No one waits better than I do. I wait until I’m in the right mood to write. When my first draft is finished, I wait a few weeks….or month….to do revisions and self-editing. More months pass while I wait to submit my manuscript to agents and/or publishers….and sometimes, while I’m waiting to do that, I …Read More