Monthly Archives: January 2011

First chapter is up!

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Pat Bowne

I finished the page proofs for “Advice from Pigeons” yesterday and have uploaded the first chapter onto my website. You can read it here. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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If I had judged this book by its cover I would have saved myself needless confusion, for the cover clearly shows that it is a steampunk novel; the top hat with gears attached, and the mechanical parasol, are giveaways. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Why Your Diet Didn’t Work

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Pat Bowne

From the Royal Academy Archives Ten years ago it was fashionable in some circles to assert that so-called ‘reality’ was merely consensus on the part of the people who supposedly defined it for us all – scientists. Of course, anyone … Continue reading →

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Why English Profs will never take over the Royal Academy

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Mimi and David suggested that English profs at a magic university would be uniquely powerful because of their control over words, and which words others would be able to use. Well, all this sinister plotting about controlling reality by limiting … Continue reading →

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Mystery bone

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Pat Bowne

In real life, I found this on the Texas gulf coast – both disarticulated (isn’t it elegant?) and as parts of carcasses. So, whose bone is it and how did you tell? Give it your best shot. I’m interested in … Continue reading →

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Arcane Humanities

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Plot Noodling Post — Be warned! Any cool ideas you post in these comments may be used in a future novel or story, and I will not even try to keep track of who deserves credit. Don’t post any ideas you aren’t … Continue reading →

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Hiding out

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Pat Bowne

I was poking around over at the University of Venus and found a discussion about where faculty ‘hid’ on campus, when they needed to get some work done without interruption. On my current campus, I don’t have a hideyhole. The discussion … Continue reading →

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The Royal Academy – Why and What?

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Greetings, and welcome to the first post on the Royal Academy of Osyth blog. Some of you may have visited the Royal Academy through the pages of Tales of the Unanticipated, or Year’s Best Fantasy #3, but most are probably … Continue reading →