by Pat Marcello | Feb 10, 2011 | Writing
Today, I’m just going to boil down the steps I take to organize research when writing a book: Buy a 4-5″ 3- ring binder Insert tabbed index sheets with broad categories that apply to my work Print out everything I find from reliable sources on the Internet...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 20, 2010 | Writing
Over the past three posts, we’ve been talking about writing for preschool-age kids. These could be infants or kids as old as eight technically, though I like to think “six” when writing. These are our blank slates, just waiting for something cool to...
by Pat Marcello | Sep 19, 2010 | Writing
I was just chatting with my good friend Brian Edmondson about his blog. He worries so much about what to write that guess what happens?… he doesn’t do it. It’s hard for him to write anything and then, when he finally does, he agonizes over titles and...
by Pat Marcello | Sep 16, 2010 | Pat Life
As you know, I’m a writer. I write a LOT every single day and I read a LOT, too. I love to read and it can be anything from a silly Terry Pratchett novel to the latest guru manifesto. It really doesn’t matter to me because I know that every time I read...
