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 again, folks! It’s a month and a half into the new year, and a few months since the last update. I figure I should take a break, sit in Starbucks and shelter myself from the cold February rain (I feel terrible saying that), take a break from editing The Severis Tales and do an… Read More: February 2022 TST Update! »
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 »
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 »
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 »
I’ve been busy since the last update, so I thought I’d give an update on what’s going on. Before we get into it, however: Happy Gregorian and Chinese New Year! As I’ve said, I’ve been quite busy working to get the first book of Zephora Crisis out of the way and into the public. That’s all I’ve… Read More: Happy 2020 & Survival Update »
When I began creating a fantasy world, called Elineer, that would serve as the basis of a large range of media, I wanted to create a trilogy or series of books of a very important point in time of the history of that world, but shape it so that there can be content before and after… Read More: An Opinion on Traditional and Self-Publishing »
In this week’s un-planned and mainly unedited Sunday post, I wanted to share some thoughts about what is considered “truly unique” when we create something. There is no need to overstate the fact there are millions of books and stories floating around the Earth at any given moment, be it sitting idly on a long-forgotten… Read More: What Do We Consider Truly Unique In Our Creations? »
Many people collect books. Sometimes, they collect a lot of books. Maybe, they collect too many books, and they have no place to place them. They sit in boxes, or they sit on top of shelves and on top of other books. Either way, a library of books shows what type of collector you are.… Read More: The Personal Library »