Category Archives: writing

Plot noodling – teaching magic

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Well, nobody was intrigued by my previous post about the Zoomancy faculty’s brilliant idea of having brownies grade papers for them. But I will persist, as grading and teaching issues are on my mind at the end of the semester. … Continue reading →

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I told you so, I think

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Didn’t I say publishers would be unnecessary as gatekeepers and quality control when adequate indexing was created so readers could find stories with the content they wanted (à la fanfic.net)? Well, here comes a new service, Bookish, backed by three … Continue reading →

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The Secret History of Moscow by Ekaterina Sedia

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Pat Bowne

There’s a place under the world, or perhaps beside it, where you’ll find the old gods. Perhaps you’ll step through a reflected door, or find yourself tumbling into it by accident, or follow a woman who’s been turned into a … Continue reading →

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Conversations and The Lyre of Orpheus

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Pat Bowne

The book club I belong to, the Burrahobbits, met last week to discuss The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies, a book I’d been suggesting for quite a while. I was nervous. Davies was one of my favorite writers in … Continue reading →

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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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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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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 →

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Cold Iron and Rowan Wood reviews ‘Advice From Pigeons’

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Sam over at Cold Iron and Rowan Wood has read the book and has a nice review up — also some useful suggestions I’ll take to heart in the next volume. Thanks so much! TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious