Category Archives: in the news

Happy About Sad Puppies

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Pat Bowne

The Sad Puppies are back again, putting forward their slate of nominees for the Hugo awards. I haven’t read any of them, or any of the other slates that have been put forward (except for one story that had absolutely … Continue reading →

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Shop talk, AARRGGHH!

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Pat Bowne

I spent my entire life not caring about The New Republic, or The National Review, or whatever it was called. But now something or other has happened to it, and that’s upset a lot of journalists, and my feedly has … Continue reading →

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Mary Sue writes open letters

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Pat Bowne

My news stream contained far too many open letters and fake State of the State speeches today, which made me stop and think: why do open letters bug me? And really, what is an open letter? -Person A has an … Continue reading →

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Do Accreditors give a darn about adjunctification? Let’s find out!

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Pat Bowne

I use this blog mostly for stuff related to my writing and the occasional knitting pattern, but you can’t be in academia these days without noticing that it’s turning into a sweatshop, where PhDs are lucky if they make a … 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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Dystopian visions — are you doing anything?

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Pat Bowne

When I was young, there was a commercial my parents loved. It was for some allergy medicine or other, and it showed a bored little boy sitting on the porch steps. From inside the house came his mother’s voice: “Johnny, … Continue reading →

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‘Want’s Master’ now up on Kindle

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Pat Bowne

My novella Want’s Master is now available on Kindle Select. This was the second Royal Academy story I sold, the first I sold to Tales of the Unanticipated, and it was reprinted in Year’s Best Fantasy 3. It’s the story … Continue reading →

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Kindling is up on Amazon

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Pat Bowne

Kindling is now available for the Kindle at Amazon as well as Smashwords. Only $0.99! TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

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You too can get these results

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Pat Bowne

Double Dragon took care of creating the covers for my novels, but I was on my own when it came to reissuing Kindling on Smashwords. Needless to say, I am not a professional artist. What my studio lacks in equipment, … Continue reading →