Monthly Archives: April 2011

A Five-star Review!

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Sofia Samatar gave ‘Advice From Pigeons’ 5 stars on Amazon, and a great review! Woo hoo! and many thanks. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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College Girl Literature – does it matter?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Pat Bowne

My new fave blog, Geekachicas, posted last year on College Girl Literature and recommended some of my favorite books. The thing that made me uneasy, though, was that these were my favorite books quite a while before I entered college. … Continue reading →

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The big review flap

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Pat Bowne

So, it’s been the talk of my corner of the twitterverse ever since it happened — the author who got into it with a blogger who wrote a negative review. It’s a great story to blog about, because the moral … Continue reading →

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Third Sentence Thursday

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Sniffly Kitty used my book for third sentence Thursday! I hope she likes the rest of the sentences… Right now I am reading ‘Unseen Academicals’ by Terry Pratchett, and the third sentence is: “It was no use telling himself that … Continue reading →

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Ferocious Critques ‘r Us

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Pat Bowne

I just wrote the ending to another novel on Sunday night — mainly because it had to go out to my critique group. I write bad endings. Really horrible endings. The first ending to everything I’ve ever written has been … Continue reading →