The last stage of writing is only the last stage if you plan to publish your work. Of course, I’m talking about publishing. Once you have the work polished to your satisfaction, you will have to try selling it. If…
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The Final Stage of Writing
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Posted in Fiction, Writing Fiction, Writing Techniques
Posted in Fiction, Writing Fiction, Writing Techniques
Publication Announcement: The Christmas Book
I am pleased to announce that my third book, The Christmas Book is available now, at Smashwords, as a pre-order and will be available for download November 1. The print edition will be available soon at Amazon, and CreateSpace. Patrick…
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Posted in Fiction
Letting go
I had to let go of some fear when I published my first novel, Accidental Colony. It did rather well, I think, for a first book that had no promotion for it. In case you didn’t know, it’s available as…
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Posted in General Opinion
Publication Announcement
Regular readers of my blog know about the story that I have been posting here over the past few months. It follows the investigation of a cat serial killer and the team of investigators who investigated the crimes and brought…
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Posted in Fiction
Spring Promises
Spring is a time of renewal. Spring is the time of the year that we should be doing resolutions for changing something about ourselves. New Year’s resolutions are all well and good, but few people keep them. I guess the…
Journaling
My journal is not a report of day-to-day activities. It could be, but it isn’t. no, my journal is free writing. That’s the writing exercise where you sit down and just write what comes into your head and put it…
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Posted in General Opinion
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