Ask the Author: Jan E. Pat
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Jan E. Pat
Sit down and start editing and responding to feedback from readers and fellow writers.
Writer's block and all procrastination is a form of fear. You must be couragous and take risks to share what's in your fertile imagination with the world.
Writer's block and all procrastination is a form of fear. You must be couragous and take risks to share what's in your fertile imagination with the world.
Jan E. Pat
IT IS SO CREATIVE.
As Octavia Butler (1946-2006) said, she chose science fiction/speculative fiction because she could design her own world.
BTW, Octavia, a black woman sci-fi writer, used to get up at 3 am before work in order to write.
As Octavia Butler (1946-2006) said, she chose science fiction/speculative fiction because she could design her own world.
BTW, Octavia, a black woman sci-fi writer, used to get up at 3 am before work in order to write.
Jan E. Pat
Make time to write.
Join or start a writers group.
Read books about writing.
Take a class.
JUST START !
Join or start a writers group.
Read books about writing.
Take a class.
JUST START !
Jan E. Pat
Promoting Riddles Island and advocacy for nuclear power as the fastest way to decarbonize the planet. The climate crisis is here NOW. We are losing ground every day. I hope the post-apocalyptic Riddles Island is a way to wake people up to global disasters that are outside of our immediate tribes and insulated American life, for people with sufficient income to think outside of survival TODAY.
Jan E. Pat
Being in a writer's group helps motivate me to write, as well as feedback from my trusted readers and editors.
Stubborness. Self discipline. Desire to get my ideas out into the world.
It's not easy. Phillip Roth said there's nothing so frightening as the empty page.
Stubborness. Self discipline. Desire to get my ideas out into the world.
It's not easy. Phillip Roth said there's nothing so frightening as the empty page.
Jan E. Pat
The idea for "Riddles Island" came to me when I was feeling overwhelmed by child care and imagined a different way for children to be raised.
I also abhor the practice of each and every person declaring their PRONOUNS. I have a hard enough time remembering people's names, much less what pronouns they want to use.
Global access to fresh clean drinking water is a huge worry for me, as well as climate change. I managed to weave these and many other modern crisises into Riddles Island.
I also abhor the practice of each and every person declaring their PRONOUNS. I have a hard enough time remembering people's names, much less what pronouns they want to use.
Global access to fresh clean drinking water is a huge worry for me, as well as climate change. I managed to weave these and many other modern crisises into Riddles Island.
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