Self-Publishing and Control IssuesPatrickAuthorsBooksFictionWritingI was reading in a writing forum about whether it's okay to self-publish or not, and specifically, whether self-publishing will...
TV & ShowbizKing’s Newest PlotPatrickAuthorsBooksFictionHorror FictionWritingI was browsing around Amazon.com last night and I came across the page for Cell, Stephen King's newest novel, which...
Favorite MonstersPatrickFictionFun & LaughsHorror FictionWritingBack around Halloween, Bill of "The Wildcat's Lair," posted his "Favorite Monster Novel Challenge." I've been promising to do this...
Patricia Wrede to New WritersPatrickAuthorsFictionWritingSpeaking at the National Book Festival on October 8, 2004, Novelist Patricia Wrede was asked what advice, besides "Read, read,...
Here’s Good AdvicePatrickFictionWriting"Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing...
Fear of ReadingPatrickBooksFictionWritingI read an interesting discussion about whether writers read published fiction while writing works of their own over at Absolute...
Fear of RejectionPatrickAuthorsFictionWritingI think we're all afraid of rejection on some level. That applies to those who write and those who don't....
Three Steps to Writing a NovelPatrickFictionHumorWriting>Via, Terence's Blog, here's the simple way to build a plot, attributed to author John D. McDonald:STEP 1: Get your...
"Zombie" Story Sends High School Student to JailPatrickChildrenCrimeFictionHorror FictionJournalismSchoolsA Kentucky teenager is arrested for making "terroristic threats" in writing, according to a report from Lexington, Kentucky's NBC affiliate...
What I Learned from Writing ClassPatrickAuthorsFictionWritingI was a sophomore at USC (the one in South Carolina, not Southern California) when I took a fiction writing...
WritingA Letter From a FriendPatrickAuthorsFictionWritingA novelist friend of mine recently wrote me a letter -- not an E-mail, mind you, but an actual letter...on...
What Kind of Novel Should I Write?PatrickFictionFun & LaughsHorror FictionWritingHere's one of those online quizzes where the results seem to match what I'm writing...at least this time around. I...
Why Would Anyone Want to Write a Novel?PatrickFictionWritingI am often asked why I would want to even try to write a novel, much less go through the...
LifeA New (Old) ComputerPatrickAppleFictionLifeTechWritingI'd been contemplating this for a while...and I finally took the plunge. I purchased a laptop computer so that I...