Tag: Pikes Peak Writers Conference

Half-Day Scrivener Workshop April 27th

by Patrick Hester • March 7, 2017 • Comments Off

You may have picked up on the fact I love Scrivener. I love it so much I spread the word and teach writers all about the software whenever I can. Why? There are a lot of misconceptions about what Scrivener…

Come see me at The Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2015

by Patrick Hester • April 16, 2015 • Comments Off

Wanted to drop something here about my upcoming appearance in ONE WEEK at the 2015 Pikes Peak Writers Conference at the Colorado Springs Marriott April 24th through 26th. I’m on faculty again this year and will be doing a lot…

Diversity and the White Elephant in the room

by Patrick Hester • May 13, 2014 • 3 Comments

I recently had the opportunity to play moderator/host to a panel on diversity in genre fiction. You can listen to it (or download it) over on SF Signal. It was an interesting experience and conversation. When the Pikes Peak Writers…

Success, Long Nights (and Days) and the Pikes Peak Writers Conference

by Patrick Hester • April 30, 2014 • 4 Comments

So. I set out with a goal of writing a blog post every day for the entire month of April. With this very post right here, I have succeeded!

What was the point? Well – to get me back into the habit again. I haven’t been blogging much lately and I missed it. Also, I wanted to get back into the swing of writing every day – which I have.

Now – I promised a Pikes Peak Writers Conference wrap up post, and this is that post, too. So without further adieu… (this is a long one)

On Thursday April 24th around 2 pm ish, I was going through a mental checklist of what I would need for the Pikes Peak Writers Conference. That list included packing, which I hadn’t done yet, and figuring out how I wanted to handle getting to the conference. The conference itself began on Friday the 25th, but there was a special ‘add on’ for Thursday I had passed on myself….