"But without basic rules of storytelling, grammar, and properly spelled words, readers get tangled in the lack of technicalities. Technicalities are part of storytelling. If you don't have a clear grasp . . ." more
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Pat Starting writing discussions on No Whine, Just Champagne again. http://nowhine.gather.com
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Light Bringer -- Prologue
Becka Johnson had been abandoned on the doorstep of a remote cabin in Chalcedony, Colorado when she was a baby. Now, thirty-seven years later, she has returned to Chalcedony to discover her identity, . . . more
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Pat replied to a comment by JOHN BECK on Scenes/Plot/Story -- No Whine, Just Champagne Writing Discussion #175 Jan 27, 2012 1:52PM EST
Pat replied to a comment by Pat Bertram on Scenes/Plot/Story -- No Whine, Just Champagne Writing Discussion #175 Jan 27, 2012 1:39PM EST
"Karen, an ending that seems inevitable after the fact is not the same as one that is predictable. The ending should be unpredictable, but afterward, the reader should heave a sigh of satisfaction, and . . ." more
Pat replied to a comment by Pat Bertram on What You Can Do for Your Published Friends (Wombats DIX - 509) Jan 26, 2012 11:16PM EST
"I am always honored when Dale graces my blogs." more
Pat commented on the post Scenes/Plot/Story -- No Whine, Just Champagne Writing Discussion #175 by Pat Bertram Jan 26, 2012 11:14PM EST
"Thank you all for a wonderful discussion!! It was a joy, as always." more
Pat replied to a comment by JOHN BECK on Scenes/Plot/Story -- No Whine, Just Champagne Writing Discussion #175 Jan 26, 2012 11:13PM EST
"That's why I have a single rule for writing: everything in service to the story." more
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Describe Yourself:My crime contest entry, More Deaths Than One, is available from Second Wind Publishing. (http://secondwindpublishing.com). For those who don't remember the story, Bob Stark returns home after 18 years in Southeast Asia to discover that the mother he buried before he left is dead again. He attends her funeral and sees himself married to his college girlfriend. Is his other self a hoaxter or a doppelganger, or is something more sinister going on?
A Spark of Heavenly Fire is also available from Second Wind. In quarantined Colorado, where hundreds of thousands of people are dying from an unstoppable disease called the red death, insomniac Kate Cummings struggles to find the courage to live and to love. Her new love, investigative reporter Greg Pullman, is determined to discover the truth behind the red death at all costs, until the cost -- Kate's safety -- becomes more than he can pay.
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P.W. Dowdy, Nov 30, 2011, 9:20PM ESTHope your Thanksgiving was great. Will we meet this Thursday? Looking forward to it.
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patricia kittilson babcock, Oct 4, 2011, 11:10PM EDTwelcome to gather
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Kimberly Blackadar, Mar 31, 2011, 12:46PM EDTCongratulations on your book's release. What a beautiful cover, Pat!
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Nana to Seven Cutiepies, Feb 27, 2011, 10:47AM ESTThank you so much for joining Animal & Nature photos, videos and posts.
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June B., Sep 25, 2010, 5:16PM EDTHi Pat. I am happy to be back and doing better. I've really missed you.
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