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Workshopping — a rant (sort of)

I’m not teaching at any workshops this year, for one big reason — burnout. I kinda yelled at a beginner at last year’s ArmadilloCon Writers Workshop (ably run by Stina Leicht), so I decided to just withdraw for a while. Yelling doesn’t help. The problem is, being polite and enthusiastic and providing great writing critiques won’t help either. The beginners still make beginner mistakes, each year. Different beginners, same mistakes. Yes, we all have to Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago

Houston book signing, new boots!

We drove to Houston for the book signing at the Town & Country Village Barnes & Noble through constant rain. Sometimes it was a torrential downpour. Sometimes it was just rain. And then it would be a torrential downpour again. Ah Texas weather. Even this much rain may not be a drought-buster, since it may not be falling on the reservoirs where it needs to. But everything is lush and green along Hwy 290, and Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago

Houston Barnes & Noble this weekend; a couple of reviews

Reminder: I will be at the Jane Austen Event at the Town & Country Barnes & Noble in Houston on Saturday. I’ve heard there will be scones, so you have to come and join me, Alyssa Goodnight and Jennifer Ziegler. We’ll be signing books and chatting about Jane Austen and our favorite books and adaptations. Reviews: The Serpent Sea by Martha Wells is the sequel to her 2011 fantasy The Cloud Roads. It continues the Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, ago