Category Archives: real life

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

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What fanfic can teach the publishing industry

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Evan Gregory’s post about the future of publishing made me think — about fan fiction. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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Demonic Computers and Praying Cars

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Pat Bowne

True story. My computer at work made a grinding noise, and applications were slow to open. I put up with this for months without being able to figure out what was going on, but finally put the effort into watching … Continue reading →

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Spring Break at Home

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Pat Bowne

I was the last member of my division to start spring break, and I felt sort of proud of it as I left my office at 10:20 last night after a four-hour graduate class. This morning I realized that lots … Continue reading →