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Progress on So Many Fronts

January 30, 2021 By: Patricia

I seem to have worked through my month of inertia and am now charging full speed ahead on book projects.

 

This includes getting the out-of-print thriller, Dead Wrong, back into circulation as an ebook. I made a few edits to this manuscript, mostly to clean up the language. I allowed my inner bad guy free reign when I wrote the book, but now found myself cringing as I reread the story. In this edited version, Fat Ass Sammy Grick is the only one who is not muzzled. He’s just so darned bad.

Dead Wrong is available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

I’m still reading a lot. That’s a habit I don’t want to break (unlike the Pandemic eating habit which has grown out of control–but that’s a subject for another day). My most recent read was a humdinger of a Civil War novel. I’ll admit, there are scenes that made me cry. But no spoilers here. The short review I’ve pasted online follows:

Dread Tribunal of Last Resort
By Brian Kaufman
Five Star Publishing, January 20, 2021
Hardcover

In April, 1861, Decker Brown returns from his Boston apprenticeship to Richmond, Virginia. He has high hopes and elaborate plans to go into business as a creator of illuminations. He also wants to marry the lovely Paula Crane and build a future with her in the South.

As we know all too well, a man’s plans can spiral out of control with the whims and wars of nature and human perversity. Even though raised in the South, Decker understands the Northern cause. Paula, on the other hand, does not see past her upbringing and her family loyalty. Time and war bring challenges and changes to both. This is a Civil War novel as well as an examination of the history of rockets and fireworks. Well-researched and well-written, Dread Tribunal of Last Resort is highly recommended.

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At Least I’ve Been Reading Lots of Good Books

June 13, 2018 By: Patricia

Even though I’m not working as much on my work in process as I’d planned. Sometimes you just gotta read, read, read until you can’t read anymore. Here are the books I’ve enjoyed the most. Note I’m hopping from one genre to another and sampling lots of new (to me) authors as well as checking …Read More

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Two Mystery Series I’m Enjoying a Whole Bunch

August 18, 2017 By: Patricia

In July, I wrote about Margaret Mizushima’s Timber Creek K-9 mystery series after I finished book two, Stalking Ground. This week I read the third book in the series, Hunting Hour, and want to highly recommend all three books to those who love good mysteries set in interesting places with a cast of characters you’d …Read More

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Books, Books, and More Books

April 27, 2016 By: Patricia

Even though I haven’t been getting reviews posted, I’ve read several really good books lately. I decided it was time to get caught up! Then I can buy more books with a clear conscience. At the moment, I’m reading Laura DiSilverio’s new novel, Incubation, the first book in a YA dystopian trilogy. I’m enjoying so …Read More

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Book Review Monday — Two for the Price of One

May 18, 2015 By: Patricia

My lack of motivation and energy in most other directions has left me with lots of reading time, so I have two books by Colorado authors to tell you about today. First is Seeds by Chris Mandeville. This novel is a post-apocalyptic adventure that moves along at a very swift pace. The disaster that took …Read More

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Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read More…

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