DrPat Reads

I am determined to make the half-way mark today and earn the 25,000 word badge. In service of this goal, I rose an hour early this morning...

For a novel that hosts a blizzard at its center, it is hard to find inspiration in rain. I need snow, dreams of snow or its memory. Y...

Today may be Hump Day in the week's pattern, but I'm still not over the hump in my writing. When the story bogs down and the chara...

Weather used to be what people grumbled about, worked around, and waited for a change in.  When I was a child, snow was a joyous exc...

Last year, my novel was a solid third of the way to the finish line by the time we hit my spouse's birthday, November 10th. (Happy Bir...

I should have remembered from last year. Word sprints, write-ins and other encouragement devices were great for pumping up output, but wou...

Ensconced in my comfortable corner at Chick-fil-A this morning, preparing to double-up on my word output for the day, I realized I have...