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
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
The Recipe for Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
As you can see from this card typed on a real typewriter back in the day, I’ve been using this recipe for a very long time. It makes a nice soft sugar cookie, especially if you don’t handle the dough too much by rolling out and adding flour as you roll and cut. The …Read More
It’s All About the Book
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
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
The Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Podcast
I had a fun and exciting chat with Mark Stevens of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and the result is this podcast where we talk about the show Survivor, my upcoming book release, Wishing Caswell Dead, and a little about writing craft and the writing life. You can find the podcast at the RMFW website. …Read More
Recovering from NaNoWriMo and Planning for 2018 (Lots of Planning!!!)
The Joy of This Year’s NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Experience I didn’t intend to take the whole month of November off from my blog, but that’s how it worked out. Once I started working on a new project for NaNoWriMo, I got swept up in plot and characters and a few side trips to …Read More
Stoltey Family Critter Updates
Looks like all the Painted Lady butterflies have moved on. We’re still getting visits from those cute pygmy nuthatches though. Boxelder bugs and lady bugs. Lots of lady bugs. And the squirrels. Oh, my, they’re so busy. I bought another squirrel-proof bird feeder for regular seed but would have to have a squirrel-proof finch feeder …Read More
What I’ve Been Reading and Other Random Stuff
There Be Demons by M.K. Theodoratus I received an advance copy for review of There Be Demons by M.K. Theodoratus from Net Galley via Wooden Pants Publishing. I’ve often stated in the past that my favorite fantasy characters are dragons. I might have to revise that statement to include Gargoyles. Gillen and the Gargoyle Guardians …Read More
Historical Fiction Takes Many Forms: Mini-Reviews
Many of the books I’ve read over the last year have been historical fiction worthy of four or five stars, and a large percentage of those have been set during World War II. Mischling by Affinity Konar was gripping and poignant—a tragedy. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr was a testimony to …Read More
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