Hey all, it’s Patrick. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas or Yule or just a happy holiday season. It’s been a while since I did any update. But I assure you, I am actually hard at work writing. I’ve been busy with real life commitments and writing a set of stories for The Severis… Read More: News: The Severis Tales and Branding Changes! »
Hello all, As part of a small refit I’m doing to the website, I am disabling all new user registrations for the forseeable future. This was always an optional component, but at the moment, it is not a productive component. If I can make a justification for it, like on a reflow of the website,… Read More: Site Note: Disabling User Registrations »
It’s The Severis Tales time again with a new short story. Titled Elcra Needs a Dentist, it is the ninth instalment in the TST short story range. It concerns Elcra Winterbottom of the Winterbottom family and a personal dilemma that arises when she breaks a tooth. At around 5,700 words, it is one of the shorter TST… Read More: New Short Story: The Severis Tales 9 – Elcra Needs… »
While sitting on the toilet, I came up with a scene about an elderly man on his last day of life who meets a young woman in a pub and tells her his story of wandering around the unknown parts of a world. I put that thought into the form of a poem called The Man… Read More: Poem: The Man Who Travelled the World »
After lagging behind for a few months, the next instalment of The Severis Tales, entitled “A Day Out With Mira,” is up for reading. This is the continuation of the B-plot with Larry Severis and Mira Hutter, who have a day to themselves with unintended consequences. I don’t write this type of stuff well. I suppose… Read More: New The Severis Tales Story – 8: A Day Out… »
My god, what a crap shoot 2020 has been. With the pandemic and everything, it has been quite a challenge for everyone, but with vaccines on the way, we can only hope 2021 is a better year for all of us. Well, I hope next year is better for me. Because of personal life and… Read More: Rolling Into 2021: A New Year, a New Website, a… »
Hello all, What a screwed up year 2020 has been. A serious mess of Donald Trump, wicked weather, and the still-ongoing pandemic that once again is setting Greater Sudbury on the direction of a second lock-down. I’ve tried to keep busy and keep my mind occupied with work and other hobbies, but it has been a… Read More: November updates »
In a long break, I have uploaded instalment 7 of The Severis Tales, called “The New Neighbours.” It is one of the larger ones, at roughly 13,400 words, divided into 4 tabbled parts for easy viewing pleasure. In this story, the Severis family has new neighbours for the first time in ten years, Leena faces yet… Read More: New The Severis Tales Story – 7: The New Neighbours »
Hello, friends. It’s been awhile. First, let me say that I’m still here and still going. The past few months have been challenging for all of us—even here, in Northern Ontario, where our COVID cases are now sparse and very few. Last time I did a blog post, I believe we were still in stage… Read More: Another COVID and Status Update »
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and with a little more time on my hands, I thought I’d share a small update regarding the look and feel of the website. I have tweaked around with the site layout and fitted it to work in a much smoother and flowing way. It is less crunched… Read More: New Site Layout »