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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.

Category: Books and Authors, The Writing Life

Edging Back into the Writing Life…one word at a time

April 23, 2017 By: Patricia

I’ve been regrouping, reclaiming time, recalculating, rescheduling, and happily, writing. Getting my feet wet again with the essay in the anthology Still Me…After All These Years: 24 Writers Reflect on Aging made me eager to return to the writing life–a little older, and hopefully a little wiser about things such as time management. Getting back …Read More

Category: The Writing Life

Enter the Goodreads Giveaway for a Signed Hardcover Copy of Dead Wrong

July 23, 2016 By: Patricia

My giveaway of five signed hardcover copies of Dead Wrong is live on Goodreads. You can get to the right page if you sign on to Goodreads and then CLICK HERE.  You have until July 30th to enter. The Story: Lynnette is a woman on the run from her abusive cop husband, but she’s dead …Read More

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News, A Call for Workshop Proposals, and a Very Special Anthology Open for Submissions

July 16, 2016 By: Patricia

Pikes Peak Writers Conference Call for Workshop Proposals MB Partlow, Programming Director for the 2017 Pikes Peak Writers Conference and Vice President of Pikes Peak Writers announces that the 2017 Pikes Peak Writers Conference is accepting workshop proposals through Sept. 15! This is for the 25th annual conference, April 28-30–bigger and better than ever! To …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, The Writing Life

This Week’s Best of the Best (and Other Stuff)

June 29, 2016 By: Patricia

I have a couple of blog post recommendations for you. First is this humor post from Jenny Sundstedt, a local author and active member of Northern Colorado Writers. The post is on the Hot Chocolate Press website’s blog. Jenny is the co-author with Kerrie Flanagan of Write Away: A Year of Musing and Motivation for …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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