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Patricia Hickman
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Victoria, BC. I would just find a great BnB, and enjoy the local cultural activities and food.
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The Pirate Queen
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2010
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11 editions
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Painted Dresses
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2008
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Fallen Angels
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2003
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Katrina's Wings: Miracles Happen in the Most Unexpected Places
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2000
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Sandpebbles
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2002
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Nazareth's Song (Millwood Hollow Series #2)
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2004
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Whisper Town (Millwood Hollow Series #3)
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2005
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Voyage of the Exiles (Land of the Far Horizon, #1)
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1995
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Earthly Vows (Millwood Hollow Series #4)
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2006
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Angel of the Outback (Land of the Far Horizon, #2)
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A Confession About Revision—Let the Carnage Begin
The hardest—and probably most painful—part of writing is accepting criticism.
When I walk into class after returning their first edited manuscript, some students smile politely while mourning the loss of a limb; others behave as if I’ve performed a full lobotomy. I sigh the unavoidable sigh of a writing teacher, hand back the pages, and brace myself. There’s no other way out. I have to give the
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“Because of sorrow, my awareness of life's pulse is strongly detectable. It is syncopation while I journey, a lap of ocean in the eyes of every person I meet. This awareness informs the flesh of my stories. Grief has been an odd companion, at first a terror, but now I am all the better having accepted it for its intrinsic worth.”
― The Pirate Queen
― The Pirate Queen
“Humans need each other for equilibrium and support. But writers must pull aside to take a quiet walk alone, not just for the sake of serenity but to hear the Voice inside. That is how the storyteller connects with with others--listen, write, share.”
― The Pirate Queen
― The Pirate Queen
“Facing the sagging middle when writing a novel, while inevitable, may be
overcome by pre-planning. I divide my collection of proposed scenes into three acts, each scene inciting tension that builds toward the final crisis in Act Three. If by Act Two the emotional river isn't spilling over the banks, I reassess the plot so that once the writing is flowing I don't slide into a dry creek. The central character should be struggling to navigate life well into the end of Act One, even if her fiercest antagonist is only from within.”
― The Pirate Queen
overcome by pre-planning. I divide my collection of proposed scenes into three acts, each scene inciting tension that builds toward the final crisis in Act Three. If by Act Two the emotional river isn't spilling over the banks, I reassess the plot so that once the writing is flowing I don't slide into a dry creek. The central character should be struggling to navigate life well into the end of Act One, even if her fiercest antagonist is only from within.”
― The Pirate Queen
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“The hardest part about changing the new year is changing ourselves. We have to write each day differently than last year's days. If we do, we increase the chances we won't meet with last year's disappointments. Patricia Hickman”
― The Pirate Queen
― The Pirate Queen
“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.”
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“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
― How Reading Changed My Life
― How Reading Changed My Life
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
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