Patricia Stoltey

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An At Home Mini Writing Retreat

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I’m taking advantage of my husband’s bridge tournament this weekend to wrap up a few projects I’ve been working on. Interrupted only by my need for a coffee refill and Katie Cat’s need for attention, I’ve already made a big dent in my To Do List…and I still have today and tomorrow to FOCUS. That’s …Read More

Coming in October–Another Fun Blogfest

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In the absence of a guest blogger, I’ve decided to post a notice about the next fun blogfest from co-sponsors Alex J. Cavanaugh and Ciara Knight. The fest is called “Did I Notice Your Book Blogfest” and is scheduled for October 17, 2012. Here’s what you do: “Post about a book you’ve noticed. You can …Read More

Chiseled in Rock, Other Stuff, and the Tuesday Question

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Chiseled in Rock Tuesday My post this week is about looking at the same old stuff in a new way to stretch your writerly power of observation. Join me at the Rock. Thursday’s Guest  My guest blogger on Thursday is….oops, I have no guest for September 27th.  How did that happen? I guess I’m on …Read More

Yarn, yarn, beautiful yarn…I’ll never run out of yarn

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Arlee Bird of Tossing It Out had a wonderful post for bloggers on Friday called “I Don’t Know What to Blog About.” You can blame him for this post about yarn. Now, because a lot of you are writers and this is general a writerly/bookish blog, you might think I plan to write about “a …Read More

One Dilemma After Another

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So Much to Do, So Little Time I need a giant bottle of time. You know, like “If I could save time in a bottle….” I’d let out a few minutes only as needed, which hopefully would help me avoid waste. What To Do With All This Grape Juice? Last year I tried to make …Read More

My Rocky Road to Publication by Judy Alter

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An award-winning novelist, Judy Alter is the author of three books in the Kelly O’Connell Mysteries series: Skeleton in a Dead Space, No Neighborhood for Old Women, and Trouble in a Big Box. With Murder at the Blue Plate Café, she moves from inner city Fort Worth to small-town East Texas to create a new …Read More

Chiseled in Rock, Stuff, and the Tuesday Question

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Thanks to everyone who visited here yesterday for the Genre Favorites Blogfest. I met some new bloggers, including a few who shared my love of musicals and all things bookish. Three Authors, Three Questions at Chiseled in Rock Today is Chiseled in Rock Tuesday of course, and my post is “Three Authors, Three Questions” starring …Read More

Guilty (Oops! I mean Genre) Favorites Blogfest

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Thanks to Alex J. Cavanaugh and his Guilty Genre Favorites Blogfest, I have a chance to spend today connecting with a few old blogger friends and meeting some new ones. To see the linky list of participants, hop over to Alex’s blog. My guilty genre favorites are: MOVIES Musicals, musicals, musicals. I love them all. …Read More

Call for Guest Bloggers for the First Quarter of 2013

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Come one, come all…but especially writers at every level.  I feature writers from beginning to multi-published, both traditional and indie. I’m now opening up my calendar for guest writers/authors/bloggers for January through March of 2013. I’ll schedule guests for Thursdays, and when needed (especially to accommodate authors on blog book tours), I’ll also feature guests …Read More

Fiction Genre and Reader Expectations by Nell DuVall

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World traveler Nell DuVall has visited all the continents except South America and Antarctica. She participated in marine surveys and archeological expeditions in Scotland, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Turkey.   Train to Yesterday was her first published novel and When Lilacs Bloom, another time travel romance, debuted in April 2012. A science fiction novel …Read More