Priscilla Paton
@prispat.bsky.social
Mystery writer, community advocate, bird watcher
Want a great October mystery? Pumpkins, pie, arson, and murder!
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Want a great October mystery? Pumpkins, pie, arson, and murder!
It's my birthday and the best present is that my next mystery, IN BLIND TRUST, will be published by Level Best Books!
October 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's my birthday and the best present is that my next mystery, IN BLIND TRUST, will be published by Level Best Books!
Reposted by Priscilla Paton
#ICYMI Poppy Gee @catrionamcp.bsky.social @ericbeetner.bsky.social @gvaljan.bsky.social @navah74.bsky.social
>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com
>> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Great event with Tracy Clark and David Ellis hosted by Valley Bookseller, Stillwater, MN.
May 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Great event with Tracy Clark and David Ellis hosted by Valley Bookseller, Stillwater, MN.
Check out my guest blog for Debbi Mack's Crime Cafe!
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Guest Post and Giveaway from Priscilla Paton - Debbi Mack
This week's Crime Cafe guest post and giveaway comes from Priscilla Paton. She's giving away one of her books, plus a matching coffee cup.
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February 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Check out my guest blog for Debbi Mack's Crime Cafe!
www.debbimack.com/blog/crime-c...
www.debbimack.com/blog/crime-c...
Check out the latest from MWA members!
New Books by MWA Members - February 2025. Another great list of new books! mysterywriters.org/new-books-by...
New Books by MWA Members - February 2025 - Mystery Writers of America
Happy New Year!! Here are the February 2025 books by some of our members. They may all be found at your local Independent Bookstore. ...
mysterywriters.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Check out the latest from MWA members!
Great opportunity. FYI, there are fees.
To mark Baldwin’s centenary, the Authors Guild Foundation invites you to join a conversation featuring some of our most exciting writers, scholars, and essayists.
Tickets are required for all sessions and are available for a limited time.
authorsguild.org/events/readi...
Tickets are required for all sessions and are available for a limited time.
authorsguild.org/events/readi...
Reading James Baldwin: An Online Literary Seminar - The Authors Guild
Few American writers have marked their era as powerfully as James Baldwin. As distinctive on the page as on the airwaves, his voice is indelibly associated with the demand for racial justice in the Un...
authorsguild.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Great opportunity. FYI, there are fees.
Just finished Dennis Lehane's SMALL MERCIES set during the 1970s segregation/busing crisis in Boston. Powerful insights into the mind think of racism and how it becomes generational. Rough justice, and it sounds like Lehane!
February 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just finished Dennis Lehane's SMALL MERCIES set during the 1970s segregation/busing crisis in Boston. Powerful insights into the mind think of racism and how it becomes generational. Rough justice, and it sounds like Lehane!
Reposted by Priscilla Paton
Had a wonderful time celebrating my husband Jeff’s show Material Defects at TransformerDC! @jefferypaul.bsky.social
#MaterialDefects #jefferypaul #ceramics #sculptureexhibition #contemporaryart #artopening #handmadeart #clayart #artanddesign #dcarts #artcollectors #artcommunity
#MaterialDefects #jefferypaul #ceramics #sculptureexhibition #contemporaryart #artopening #handmadeart #clayart #artanddesign #dcarts #artcollectors #artcommunity
February 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Had a wonderful time celebrating my husband Jeff’s show Material Defects at TransformerDC! @jefferypaul.bsky.social
#MaterialDefects #jefferypaul #ceramics #sculptureexhibition #contemporaryart #artopening #handmadeart #clayart #artanddesign #dcarts #artcollectors #artcommunity
#MaterialDefects #jefferypaul #ceramics #sculptureexhibition #contemporaryart #artopening #handmadeart #clayart #artanddesign #dcarts #artcollectors #artcommunity
If you've considered "borrowing" a story from a "friend" to create a bestseller, look into the fictional THE PLOT and YELLOWFACE for fatal appropriation, and at a recent New Yorker article on "Romantasy" and repeated tropes.
January 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you've considered "borrowing" a story from a "friend" to create a bestseller, look into the fictional THE PLOT and YELLOWFACE for fatal appropriation, and at a recent New Yorker article on "Romantasy" and repeated tropes.
Reposted by Priscilla Paton
A Novel in a Year with me at the wonderful StoryStudio!
I’m thrilled to be a part of this wonderful Chicago writing community and looking foward to working with you all.
Applications due by 2/14 😊
I’m thrilled to be a part of this wonderful Chicago writing community and looking foward to working with you all.
Applications due by 2/14 😊
Big announcement: Folks have been asking for another IN-PERSON Novel in a Year class, and Chicago gets what Chicago wants. In this case, that’s award-winning badass @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social… Apply for her cohort by 2/14!
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...
Novel in a Year: First Draft with Cynthia Pelayo - StoryStudio Chicago
This is the year to write your novel… Novel in a Year: First Draft is a unique opportunity to join a writing cohort, study novel craft, workshop key scenes, measure your progress, meet deadlines, and ...
www.storystudiochicago.org
January 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A Novel in a Year with me at the wonderful StoryStudio!
I’m thrilled to be a part of this wonderful Chicago writing community and looking foward to working with you all.
Applications due by 2/14 😊
I’m thrilled to be a part of this wonderful Chicago writing community and looking foward to working with you all.
Applications due by 2/14 😊
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1926 short story, "The Rich Boy," still offers some of the best insights into the mindset of privilege. Free at Gutenberg online.
January 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1926 short story, "The Rich Boy," still offers some of the best insights into the mindset of privilege. Free at Gutenberg online.
How to jumpstart your writing!
We will be getting started in just a few minutes, at exactly Noon ET. We will be doing one 25-minute sprint, followed by a check-in and a five-minute break. Then we will do a second 25-minute sprint. #SinCJumpstart #SinCSprints
January 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
How to jumpstart your writing!
Holiday books in three categories!
December 29, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Holiday books in three categories!
Nothing like listening to a real spy story for the holidays. Featuring American Virginia Hall working in France for the Brits during WWII. A wooden leg didn't slow her down.
December 19, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Nothing like listening to a real spy story for the holidays. Featuring American Virginia Hall working in France for the Brits during WWII. A wooden leg didn't slow her down.
Reposted by Priscilla Paton
“I personally like to delve into philosophical questions about how society functions, what its failures are, which members of society are most valued, and why that might be.“
litreactor.com/columns/dark...
litreactor.com/columns/dark...
How to Write Dark Poetry - With Cynthia Pelayo
litreactor.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
“I personally like to delve into philosophical questions about how society functions, what its failures are, which members of society are most valued, and why that might be.“
litreactor.com/columns/dark...
litreactor.com/columns/dark...
I finished listening to Kent Krueger's A RIVER WE REMEMBER set in 1950s Minnesota, a time haunted by the scars and prejudices of WW II.
December 16, 2024 at 8:57 PM
I finished listening to Kent Krueger's A RIVER WE REMEMBER set in 1950s Minnesota, a time haunted by the scars and prejudices of WW II.
New reads from Once Upon a Crime Books in Minneapolis. Margot Douaihy, Michael Allan Mallory, and more.
December 10, 2024 at 4:46 PM
New reads from Once Upon a Crime Books in Minneapolis. Margot Douaihy, Michael Allan Mallory, and more.
Watched my first Christmas movie for this season.
Missing Hans Gruber (and Alan Rickman).
Missing Hans Gruber (and Alan Rickman).
December 5, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Watched my first Christmas movie for this season.
Missing Hans Gruber (and Alan Rickman).
Missing Hans Gruber (and Alan Rickman).
The northward migration of the power shovels
November 27, 2024 at 11:37 PM
The northward migration of the power shovels
What audiobooks do you listen to while washing dishes and sorting laundry? I went out of my lane with this by Lily Chu and now know more about K-Pop than I ever thought I would.
November 26, 2024 at 10:14 PM
What audiobooks do you listen to while washing dishes and sorting laundry? I went out of my lane with this by Lily Chu and now know more about K-Pop than I ever thought I would.
Reposted by Priscilla Paton
It's wild to me that in ONE WEEK Alter Ego will be out in the world from @flatironbooks.bsky.social!
**Please** remember how vital preorders are to a book's success, and if you're in NYC, Boston, Miami, or Houston, mark your calendars!
Pre-order the book here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
**Please** remember how vital preorders are to a book's success, and if you're in NYC, Boston, Miami, or Houston, mark your calendars!
Pre-order the book here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
November 26, 2024 at 3:35 PM
It's wild to me that in ONE WEEK Alter Ego will be out in the world from @flatironbooks.bsky.social!
**Please** remember how vital preorders are to a book's success, and if you're in NYC, Boston, Miami, or Houston, mark your calendars!
Pre-order the book here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
**Please** remember how vital preorders are to a book's success, and if you're in NYC, Boston, Miami, or Houston, mark your calendars!
Pre-order the book here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
This novel by Elif Shafak has mystery and romance as it follows star-crossed lovers caught up in the Greek/Turkish conflict on Cyprus. A fig tree is an important POV character.
November 21, 2024 at 11:20 PM
This novel by Elif Shafak has mystery and romance as it follows star-crossed lovers caught up in the Greek/Turkish conflict on Cyprus. A fig tree is an important POV character.
Today the sky (and ground) tried to be white but didn't quite make it.
November 20, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Today the sky (and ground) tried to be white but didn't quite make it.