When last we talked about my writing, I’d finished the draft of Book 2 and was trying not to obsess about it. I wanted to take a little break from Sam Kane and write something else before diving into the editing / revision process. Then some shit happened. Kinda derailed my writing plans. I...
If you’re a writer who has been writing for a bit, there’s a better than average chance you’ve been using a word processor like Microsoft Word as a writing tool. Switching to Scrivener (or any other writing platform) can feel daunting when you consider transferring what you have over to that new platform. Heck,...
My trip to Royal Gorge, Colorado, marks the only time that I can remember being affected by height. Royal Gorge is essentially a gorge with this massive bridge crossing it: I’ve never really had a problem with heights before. Maybe it was the openness of it all, or the slight breeze causing the bridge...
I’ve probably mentioned it here before, but I am not a car guy. By that, I mean to say that you will not find me changing the oil on my car on the weekend, or rotating things or torquing something. I don’t torque. This, I am aware, is a glaring hole in my manly...
In case you missed the tweet over the weekend, I find myself faced with unemployment once again. Been four years and change since I last had that hurdle placed in front of me. No easier now than it was then. I think it may actually be harder this time around, because of those four...
Admit it – you get distracted when you’re writing. There’s Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube, maybe movie trailers from Apple or TrailerAddict. And all of these things keep you from completing the next, great novel or short story. But what’s a writer to do?! Well, you could turn all that stuff off. Your browser, your...
Pike’s Peak National Park – Random Waterfall: When the snow melts, you get a lot of these cropping up. This one was cool because you could easily get to it. We even drank the water. ~P Make me famous:
It kinda gets put on the back burner, but I play guitar. Sometimes, I even sing. Mostly blues (King, Clapton, Shepherd, Vaughan, Waters, Hooker, Reed (Jimmy)), sometimes classic rock (Eagles, Kansas, Foreigner), sometimes poppier stuff (Mayer, Gray (David, not Macy)). You get the idea. I don’t play often these days. Rarer still when I...
The End. I know, I know, you’re not supposed to start with those words. But in this case, it’s appropriate. You see, over the weekend, I finished draft 1 of Sam Kane, Book 2. As you can see from the screen shot, I needed more words than I had planned on to tell the...
A cool feature of Scrivener is the split screen. FYI: I use my little MacBook Pro for all of these screen shots. If, like me, you have a lot going on in your project, you might need to reference something else while writing a scene. With Scrivener, you don’t have to keep multiple projects...
About Patrick:
Patrick Hester is an author, blogger and podcasting dude who lives in Colorado and writes science fiction and fantasy (mostly)...[click to read more]
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