This is a hurdle: More often than not, we see hurdles as barriers we cannot overcome. We make them into walls. But they’re not walls. They’re just obstacles, and you can soar over obstacles. Sure, you might trip now and then, maybe skin your knee or scrape your elbows, but it can be done....
So. The 7th Annual Author Fest of the Rockies is taking place September 28th & 29th in Manitou Springs Colorado. I’ll be there doing a couple of presentations; Podcasting for Creatives and Social Media for Authors. If you are in Colorado, I encourage you to attend. The cost is $75 for two days and...
You should know by now that I’m involved with several podcasts. Over at the Functional Nerds, I’m a co-host/producer, which means that I’m a part of every show, and I edit / produce every show. Over at SF Signal, I am the host for the panel episodes, the main interviewer, and I put the...
/begin random thoughts Staring at a sunbeam makes you realize – there’s a lot of crap floating around in the air… * * * The oil change light in your car is just a recommendation sort of thing, right? I mean, if you track it by mileage, you can totally ignore that light…? *...
A little while ago, I put up a post titled ‘I’d like to blog for you’. The concept was simple – I’d write a blog post for your blog, based on a subject or topic of your choosing, and vice versa. The first person to take me up on this was Brian over at...
I thought I would take a moment to summarize all the advice out there on the web and in books and magazines for us unpublished authors. Hopefully you will find this as insightful and illuminating as I have. Here it is: Write. Thanks for stopping by! ~P
(Edit: Mister Modesitt sent me an email asking that I clarify a couple things, which I am more than happy to do – as I said, I was relying on my own memory here. So I have gone through and -fixed- errors, using strikethrough in red so you can see where I messed up...
I remember the first time I saw the word ‘apoplectic’ and wondering, what in the name of heaven is that?! What does it mean? Where did it come from?! I was intrigued. I saw it again, years later, in the Robert Jordan ‘Wheel of Time’ books. A lot. For such an uncommon word (I...
I want to start his post by saying that I have NOT entered any of these contests. Not yet, anyway. But since I was doing some research, I decided that it would be nice of me to share it with all of you. Having said that, I would like to offer a caveat from...
© 2009, Patrick Hester. All Rights Reserved Tales from The New Universe: SuperHero The thing about being a superhero is that everyone expects you to save the day all the time, to be on your toes no matter what, to have all the answers. No one warned me before all of this started that...
About Patrick:
Patrick Hester is an author, blogger and Hugo Nominated Podcast Producer/Host who lives in Colorado and writes science fiction and fantasy (mostly)...[click to read more]
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