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Music is important when writing: my iTunes playlist

I can’t imagine not having music going when I’m writing.  Occasionally, I’ll have something else going; like a DvD movie or something, but for the most part, it has to be music for me. My tastes are more diverse then I probably...

July 13, 2009 Patrick Hester author, blues, itunes, jazz, Music, playlist, pop, rock, write, writeing 0 Comments

I think I’m more Fantasy than SciFi

When it comes to my writing anyway. And then again, maybe my Scifi is simply subtle; it’s there in my stories but you don’t realize it. I wrote a lot more Scifi stuff when I was younger versus today, where I lean more on the Fantasy...

July 7, 2009 Patrick Hester fantasy, Life, scifi, Writing 0 Comments

How do you manage your time?

I was asked just today on Twitter how I manage my time.  This was in response to my saying: It was a damned fined question. I am not a published author but I’ve probably read just about everything I can on writing simply because this is...

June 19, 2009 Patrick Hester author, balance, twitter, Writing 1 Comments

Your $29.95 Oil Change will be $100

The up-sell is a classic technique.  We’ve all probably done it at one point or another, and fallen for it more times than we like to admit.  Why do you think stores have all that crap crowded in around the check out?  That’s your...

June 16, 2009 Patrick Hester car, jiffy lube, Life, marketing, oil change, publishing, up-sell 0 Comments

100, 420 Words Later…

Well, I’ve completed my draft manuscript for ‘Sam Kane’, my novel set in my ‘new universe’.  I was almost light headed as I typed ‘The End’ and realized that I did it; I completed the story. Now comes the...

June 15, 2009 Patrick Hester fantasy, Life, sam kane, self publishing, traditional publishing, Writing 2 Comments

Writing isn’t hard, it’s difficult

As I look back on my weekend that was intended to be a writing marathon push to complete my novel tentatively titled ‘Sam Kane: A Novel of the New Universe’, I wonder where I went wrong. At the same time, I know where I went wrong...

May 26, 2009 Patrick Hester sam kane, the new universe, write, Writing 0 Comments

I never blog about my writing

It occurred to me that I have this blog and I never really talk about my writing anymore.  There’s a strange and long explanation of why that is but I guess it can be summed up thusly: I used to publish my fiction here, then I took it...

May 20, 2009 Patrick Hester fantasy, sam kane, the new universe, Writing 1 Comments

On writing and my style

Had a writing weekend.  It was planned, but the snow helped confirm it (stayed in, made chili).  Basically, during the week I don’t always have time to work on my creative writing other than an hour or two each night before bed, so I try to...

April 6, 2009 Patrick Hester Life, my life, novel, sam kane, Writing 0 Comments
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