editing – Patrice Sarath

Gordath Wood

Random observations

This morning was the amazing sight of Venus hanging below the crescent moon as if it were a diamond on a very fancy necklace. I tried to get a picture but my settings were all wrong, and everything came out looking like two comets crashing into the planet, which was Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 12 years ago

Gordath Wood

Writing lessons — hide the ball

Beginners often don’t know what information to reveal and what information to hide. Especially in science fiction and fantasy, writers have to set up a world as well as characters and a plot (which makes me wonder why mainstream literature underestimates SF/F so badly, but there you go). While we Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 12 years ago

Gordath Wood

Randomness –catching up

Planted the last of the basil. The basil did surprisingly well this summer. The rest of the herbs not so much. But that’s okay — I love pesto far more than anyone should, so if only one herb was gonna survive, the right one did. Also on the domestic front, Read more…

By Patrice Sarath, 12 years ago