Patricia Stoltey

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I’m On the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Blog Today

July 6, 2015 By: Patricia

Toward the end of May, I posted here about writers who take breaks, or who choose to move on to different interests.

Today I have a companion post at the RMFW blog:  “What if You Want to Quit Writing?”

Hopefully newer writers will see they’re not alone when they suffer through self-doubt and want to give up. And veteran writers need to be reminded that like all life, the love/hate relationship with writing is cyclical.

Please hop over to the RMFW Blog and join the discussion.

Category: The Writing Life, Writer's organizations

Can We Ever “Be Done With” Writing or Must a Passion Last Forever?

May 26, 2015 By: Patricia

This is a question I’ve asked myself a few times over the years and consistently come up with the same answers. Yes, we can be done with anything (or anyone or anyplace) when its time has come and gone. No, passions don’t necessarily last forever (although they can…sometimes). I’ll bet Harper Lee was passionate about …Read More

Category: The Writing Life, Writing

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. My most recent release, In Defense of Delia (Five Star/Cengage, November 2022), is available in hardcover and will soon be available in ebook and trade paperback. Read More…

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