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. This is what you’ve contracted from your muse, and now that the creature is a faithful visitor you have Read more…
(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 he came from or where he went, so starting the novel with his problem was, well, problematic. So long, Harris. Be Read more…
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 panelists can give you directions on how to get there. Saturday –10 am – Here there Read more…