Author Archives: Pat Bowne

A Lovesome Thing is available here at Amazon.com now, for your kindling pleasure. Also, Adam Stephanides has posted a long, thoughtful and detailed review of Advice From Pigeons at his blog, ‘Completely Futile.’ Thank you, Adam! If you’re wondering whether … Continue reading →

I’ve finished updating the Royal Academy website to reflect the recent issue of A Lovesome Thing. Anyone who wants a link to purchase, or to read the prologue and first chapter, can find them at https://raosyth.com/thebooks.htm. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

The line-edits for the second Royal Academy novel, A Lovesome Thing, are completed! And Deron Douglas is finishing a lovely cover painting … watch for its release in September. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

I’m going off-line for a few weeks, so comments have been disabled to avoid spam building up. Keep cool! TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

Realizing that endings give me trouble, I’m paying closer attention to them. I read two books with unsatisfactory endings this week,  and one with a thoroughly satisfying ending.  ‘The Baron in the Trees’ by Italo Calvino had an ending that … Continue reading →

Discworld convention, that is — I’m at the North American Discworld Convention in Madison, my first encounter with Pratchett fandom, and a really engaging one. It’s hard to believe, now that Terry Pratchett is a household name, but fifteen years … Continue reading →

Heading to North American Disc World convention day after tomorrow, wondering when it is appropriate to wear a shoulder dragon in Madison.  Are there rules — labor day, sun over yardarm, etc? TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious