Writing lessons and the writing life
(Note: I’ve turned the blog over to Bethe Bugbee today. Her post is an excellent example of what writing is like when you are learning the craft and having a life. Note that what stopped her from writing temporarily was Hurricane Ike. That’s dedication!)
Two different people had recommended that I read Ken Rand’s The 10% [...]
(Note: Not a deleted scene per se, but yet another sister story, that is a twin to another one where I wrote a story, decided it didn’t work, and started with the same premise all over again. ”Night of Their Conversion” and “Pigs and Feaches,” “Ice” and “Lonely Cries The Winter Wind” are two sets of sister stories. [...]
First off, I would just like to say that my phone lies to me. It says it’s on mute and vibrate, and it’s not. So I interrupted more panels than I should have and I am so sorry. I would also like to say, however, that I did not do like a couple of people [...]
Hope to see you at the con! I’m bringing magnets so if you are at the con visit the freebie table for a magnet with the wonderful cover art for Red Gold Bridge and come to my reading for a sneak peak at what’s in store. I will be reading from a different section than [...]
(Note: This is a bit different. This is an outtake from when I was trying to figure out how to write my stories ”Pigs and Feaches” and “Night of Their Conversion.” This bit includes the characters from the first and the setting of the second one and I’m not sure why I ended up separating the [...]
I got this from Kristen Nelson’ s blog and am duly forwarding to you.
Did George Lucas ruin Star Wars*? Have your say in a new documentary:
The People vs. George Lucas
They are looking for input from fans.
There’s a trailer on YouTube:
*Yes.
What gets you in the mood?
Writing rituals are surprisingly important to me and I always forget that until I try writing without first going through a number of them. A ritual is anything that gets you into the mindset that you are now going to sit down and produce x number of words or pages. [...]
(Note: I forgot about this! But we’re cleaning up old computers here and I dug it out of some files that go back aways. This was the original beginning to Gordath Wood. It had zippy dialog and character development and I hated to see it go. But this guy, Harris? I have no idea where [...]
The schedule for ConDFW is up. Here’s what I will be doing:
Patrice Sarath
Friday – 6 pm – The Aspiring Writers Panel (Warwick)
Hosted by Paul Black (M), David Weber, Jim Butcher, Patrice Sarath, Lee Martindale
So you want to be a writer? There are twists and turns in every path to a successful writing career, and our [...]
Why do so many of us gush about Friday Night Lights, even though the vast majority of television viewers don’t know what they’re missing?
It’s not the football, Lord knows — how many last-minute wins are there in that sport anyway? (Cardinal fans everywhere are weeping, I know. Sorry…)
And it can’t just be us Austinites, although [...]
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