BloggingWrite Every Day. Unless You Can’t.PatrickBest OfBlogchatBloggingFictionWritingThis Sunday’s Blogchat on Twitter focused on the subject of how many posts one should shoot for to build and...
EntertainmentNew ‘Huckleberry Finn’ Censors ‘N-Word’PatrickAuthorsBooksChildrenDiscriminationEntertainmentFictionOddRacismTalkersWritingAn Alabama publisher says it’s trying to get Mark Twain’s classic novel Huckleberry Finn back into classrooms by dropping instances...
Your Chance at a Piece of HistoryPatrickCelebritiesFictionAn auction house will auction off Gene Roddenberry’s Mac next month. The computer was presented to the Star Trek creator...
From ‘NoWri’ to ‘BloPo’PatrickBloggingFictionWordPressWritingEvery November, writers and authors alike take part in what I still consider a marginal idea: National Novel Writing Month,...
BloggingOn BloggingPatrickAuthorsBloggingFictionWritingA long time ago, I wrote about Stephen King’s book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. I enjoyed the...
GrammarNaNoWriMo II: The SequelPatrickFictionGrammarWritingI’ve just learned that some local writers who belong to a writing group I’ve attended are planning a sequel (or...
Fairly Productive DayPatrickAnimalsDietFictionHealthPersonalPetsWritingI managed to get out of the house today and get a good bit done. First, there was the doggie...
LifeRace and PublishingPatrickBooksDiscriminationFictionLifeRacismTalkersWritingMillenia Black weighs in on dissention among black authors that's being caused by publishers she describes as being insistant that...
Cover ContestPatrickAuthorsBooksFictionWritingAuthor Tess Gerritsen, who is primarily known for medical thrillers, is offering an interesting contest on her website. At first,...
A Friend’s New Inspiration to WritePatrickFictionHorror FictionWritingOne of my co-workers and I were talking recently about novel writing. He completed a novel, a murder mystery, eight...
WritingBlogging a BookPatrickAuthorsCopyrightFictionWritingHave a story idea that screams to be made into a novel that you just don't want to write? If...
LifeWritingMy Writing Partner is a Rockhampton RibeyePatrickDietFictionFood and DrinkHealthWritingThis past weekend, I returned to my neighborhood Outback and enjoyed a steak and diet-friendly steamed vegetables. I've treated myself...
Writing SuperstitionsPatrickFictionWritingThis is one of only two Friday the 13ths in 2006. Author Nate Kenyon made a post today about superstitions...
Back to the WritingPatrickFictionHorror FictionWritingAfter taking a couple of weeks off from writing the novel because of the holidays and family time, I am...