by Pat Marcello | May 7, 2012 | Literature
Terry Pratchett is absolutely one of my favorite writers of all time. He has written 50 novels by himself, and his whole creation — the Discworld — and all its inhabitants are nothing short of wonderful! If you like writers with a killer sense of humor and...
by Pat Marcello | Aug 17, 2011 | Literature
I’ve worked with traditional publishing for more than twenty years, and it’s been a real experience. I enjoy writing for publishers, but when it comes time for the royalty checks to come rolling in, they just don’t. What cracks me up is that the...
by Pat Marcello | Feb 11, 2011 | Writing
Writing a book is tricky. You have so much research, and well… You aren’t sure what you need and what you can do without when you look at it in a big heap. It can make you crazy and scare you from writing at all. But don’t let it! As you’re...
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 | Feb 9, 2011 | Writing
OK, OK… I know you’re like, “What so exciting about research, especially organizing it?” Well, some of us like that. Really. I love it and have my own special means of organizing everything I find. I’m sure there are other ways, and maybe...
