Category Archives: writing

Let’s Outsource Breathing While We’re At It

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Pat Bowne

Here’s the most irritating quote I’ve seen this year. “Do not publish any author who does not understand or is disinclined to co-operate with the notion that they are your most important salesperson, no matter how important what they have … Continue reading →

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A Picture to Dispel Angst

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Pat Bowne

As any one who reads this knows, I have a mini-career as a writer. Meaning that I will never win a World Fantasy Award. But today I got a look at the World Fantasy Award. I will never again feel … Continue reading →

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Those Who Favor Fire

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Pat Bowne

What better way to start the new year than a new Royal Academy Story? In ‘Those Who Favor Fire,’ a museum curator develops a friendship that’s hard to categorize — mainly because the other participant, Winston Chiliming XXIII, will not … Continue reading →

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You can’t afford a used copy of my book…

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Pat Bowne

So you better buy a new one. In fact, buy a hundred and sell 99 of them on the fantastic used-book market! TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Character Growth vs. Stagnation

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Pat Bowne

David Farland had an interesting post this morning about stories that depend on character growth and those that depend on stagnation. By ‘interesting’ I mean that it answered some questions and raised a bunch more. The question it answered was … Continue reading →

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The only noun that matters

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Pat Bowne

I sold a Royal Academy story that I’d been shopping around for a while. It was one I hadn’t planned to write, but the leading character got hold of me and more or less demanded to be written about. I … Continue reading →

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The Mini-career roars along

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Pat Bowne

I’ve posted before about my mini-scale writing career, and how it’s providing everything an author could want — only in smaller doses, without paparazzi. So I’ve received two fan emails, met two fans at conferences for lunch, posted one piece … Continue reading →

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Unions!

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Pat Bowne

Finally a group of adjuncts have managed to form a working union! Pretty amazing. How recently was it that I was complaining about how non-insurrectionist downtrodden PhDs were? I’m happy to be proved wrong. I have mixed feelings about unions. … Continue reading →

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Just so you know…

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Pat Bowne

I should have posted this a week ago, but the third Osyth novel, Swept and Garnished, has been sent in to Double Dragon. Don’t hold your breath, though; it may not be published till 2014. I say ‘may not,’ because … Continue reading →

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Espresso Bookstores

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Pat Bowne

A while back some friends and I were talking about how bookstores ought to be run, and lo and behold here’s someone making almost all the suggestions we tossed around! The best idea, I think, is the print-on-demand machine inside … Continue reading →