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Pat Rhoades

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The United States

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Young Adult, Fiction, Children's

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Pat Rhoades is a clinical social worker who lives with her husband in Minneapolis near the mighty Mississippi. Rodeo Snow is her first novel.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Pat Rhoades When I feel blocked, I encourage myself to write the most vile, horrible crappy draft possible and congratulate myself on continuing to write. I love …moreWhen I feel blocked, I encourage myself to write the most vile, horrible crappy draft possible and congratulate myself on continuing to write. I love reading stories about writers, and people in general, who thought they were failures but kept going. Writing daily, even if it's only fifteen minutes a day, helps -- Around The Writer's Block by Rosanne Bane has some excellent suggestions for pushing through and developing a writing habit. As Anne Lamott says in Bird by Bird: "Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor ... It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life." I like to hang out in the territory of play which is the opposite of perfectionism.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Pat Rhoades On bad days I'm with Dorothy Parker -- she said, "I hate writing. I love having written." On good days (especially those infrequent heavenly times whe…moreOn bad days I'm with Dorothy Parker -- she said, "I hate writing. I love having written." On good days (especially those infrequent heavenly times when the writing just pours out), I love feeling plugged in to this thing that's bigger than puny me and having time vanish (flow, they call it). Where does this stuff that I write come from on those days? I don't know, but I'm grateful for it. Most days I'm just happy to do the work: the good, hard work of writing. (less)

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