In my research as to the proper way to have a career as an indie author, I’ve read a good few useful books and absorbed what some successful authors have had to say. The boys over at Realm and Sands, who do the Self-Publishing Podcast, have coined the phrase “Write. Publish. Repeat.”, which is the… Read More Email Lists, Book Covers, Periscope, and Other Assorted Jazz
This was a short essay I wrote a few years ago and have toyed with either expanding or publishing as-is. I decided upon the latter. It’s basic point, that rebellion is justified according to the prime value of a culture, is to my mind eloquently expressed. There’s obviously a great deal more to say on… Read More Available on Amazon: The Right of Revolution
First off, I’ve ditched the custom URL. Decided it wasn’t worth the cost. I’ll keep the address as plain andrewjpatrick.wordpress.com, unless I decide to buy a custom Content Blues. Which I might do. Secondarily, another theme change! Last one was too artsy. The content was getting hid, and I was never satisfied with the typeface… Read More Changes and Additions
I fully enjoy the irony of that title. I did it on purpose. Anyway, here’s the second chapter. Actual temptation occurs, and Yeshua contemplates a world made of bread.
Edit: Link was displaying messy code. Fixed now. Unnamed Journal, a magazine I have been known to write for, is now in its second year. It’s been available in print from POD houses, Blurb and Lulu, and in digital form on Amazon. For the new year, they’ve switched gears, going to online magazine publisher Joomag.… Read More Unnamed Journal 7 – Available for Free on Joomag.
Chapter 3 of Void got finished last night (I’ve made some minor edits to the first few chapters). It will be part of Unnamed Journal, Issue 7, which is supposed to be out November 15th. That will be our year anniversary issue, so check the Facebook Page. Big changes will be afoot: a free back… Read More Progress on the Writing Front
In the minds of many authors, there are two ways to write a piece of fiction: Outlining (“Prepping”). You figure out what’s happening, who the characters are, the arcs, everything. You do this before you’ve “written” a single word. Then, when you do sit down, you have a plan. Discovering (“Pantsing”). You sit down and… Read More Prepping vs. Pantsing, Outlining vs. Discovering – Where I come down on the Great Writer Divide
One of the sci-fi novellas I’m working on right now, Void, has a theme about space travel and the hell it plays with time. When I wrote Solar System Blues, I avoided this by making the ship in question travel at below-light velocity, and deliberately making the voyage a long one. Even then, the fact that Burton… Read More Time in Space
Every now and again I make my Goodreads list correspond to reality: A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick. Seen the movie on Amazon Prime more times than I would have thought. The movie was clever, the book is as clever. I find this more compelling than Ubik and better-paced than The Man in the High Castle… Read More What I’m Reading
A bit ago, I happened to rent Last Days in the Desert, an indie film with Ewan McGregor portraying both Jesus and Satan during Jesus’ forty days in the desert (Matthew 4). It was an interesting take on the idea, but the script wasn’t quite up to snuff, being primarily concerned with a family Jesus encounters… Read More New Fiction – The Devil Left Him: A Retelling of the Temptation of Christ
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