Patrick L. Rivers Blog & News Updates

The third entry in The Severis Tales is up! Entitled “Larrygitis,” Larry must contend with the return of a friend, Brackneed Vendyor’s niece, and a massive misunderstanding between him and his mother, Leena. While it has the humour side, the story identifies more with the dramatic side of the series.  I encourage you to read it, and provide any ...

It’s 2019 now, and a new year has come upon us.  Many people are looking forward to breaking their new year’s resolutions, or just ringing in the new year as unenthusiastic as ever.  During the first month of January, people around the world try to commit to a beneficial change in their lives.  For instance, ...

I would like to share with you a little bit of research I had done for getting my first book ready.  It concerns a more basic, more intimate part of the writing process that new authors (or maybe seasoned ones as well) would not think about: framing your manuscript to a standard. Imagine you’ve gone through ...

i have written and uploaded a second installment to The Severis Tales, called Mouse. In this story, Leena and Xiveer must deal with a threat that could drive their shop out of business if it is discovered.  Meanwhile, their lonely assistant has her own adventure to help cope with her homesickness. Also, theres a whole load of new information on The ...

In publishing my first short story on the web site, I mentioned in the accompanying news article that about ordinary lives of others in other worlds. Now, the following may sound a little awkward, and a bit corny, so please bear with me in this rather improperly constructed explanation of a concept that rather fascinates ...

Hello all, I thought I’d share a few thoughts with you, concerning my major book project and a new short story realm. The Severis Tales Taking a break from working on my main novel project of Elineer, I have turned direction a little, and begun working on a series of short stories. I thought smaller, shorter stories would be ...

As shown in the March 10, 2018 news update: yes, I have moved to another system, using Joomla and Gantry 5, with a few additions. The problem is, when you choose to take up a side career that could take off, it’s still a side career.  You still have all those primary responsibilities that you need ...