Monthly Archives: April 2009

Starting the Juggling Act Again

April 24, 2009 – 4:25 pm

A good many years ago, I was on a panel about the business side of writing. About half the panel were full-time writers; the other half still had day jobs. During the question-and-answer session, someone directed a question at James P. Hogan, one of the other full-timers on the panel:, something along the lines of [...]

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Busy, busy

April 21, 2009 – 8:39 pm

A week of conventioning followed by a bad case of stage fright followed by a bad cold has severely limited my blogging. Also, the comments and email seem to be broken–I apologize for not noticing sooner. On the up side, I am learning all sorts of new things about Wordpress and Plesk and my service [...]

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How To Be A Writer

April 8, 2009 – 7:29 pm

Write.
No, really, that’s it. It’s kind of a definitional thing. What you have to be in order to be a writer is, you have to be someone who writes.  Period.  You don’t have to be nice; you don’t have to be educated; you don’t have to follow a bunch of rules; you don’t even have [...]

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Welcome to Patricia C. Wrede’s Blog!

April 6, 2009 – 11:35 am

Welcome to my blog! It’s still something of a work in progress, so I welcome comments. I’m also interested in questions, since I can already tell that coming up with stuff to talk about on my own is going to be even harder than I was expecting.

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