Aaron M. Patterson's Blog, page 19
May 19, 2010
CHAPTER FIVE: Publishing made easy...step by step
Okay, so if you are looking for a publisher here is some info you might want to consider.
First, what do you want? If you want to have some books for family and friends and have your dream in print by all means go self publishing or POD. Other names for the same thing are short run publisher, vanity press and so on. This said what you get is a book but all the steps are up to you. This means the editing, proofreading, cover art, and so on...
If you want to make this your future then do not do ...
First, what do you want? If you want to have some books for family and friends and have your dream in print by all means go self publishing or POD. Other names for the same thing are short run publisher, vanity press and so on. This said what you get is a book but all the steps are up to you. This means the editing, proofreading, cover art, and so on...
If you want to make this your future then do not do ...
May 18, 2010
CHAPTER FIVE: The game changer
AmazonEncore to Publish Bestselling Author J.A. Konrath's Upcoming Book
Amazon's publishing imprint to release the next book in J.A. Konrath's Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series, "Shaken."
SEATTLE—May 17, 2010—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that AmazonEncore, Amazon's publishing imprint, will release the newest book in bestselling author J.A. Konrath's Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series, "Shaken." The AmazonEncore Kindle edition of "Shaken" will be available in the Kindle Store www...
May 17, 2010
CHAPTER FIVE: Words per day...
So I am going to ramp up my writing in order not to let it slide just because I am busy. My goal is 1000-2000 words a day. I can take Sunday off but outside of that... must do at least this to keep on track. I am reading a great book on writing and getting some good information.
Some things to think about:
Writing about a situation rather them a plot. I have never thought of this and looking back on some of my stuff I guess I do this naturally. Put the guy or gal in a situation and see what th...
Some things to think about:
Writing about a situation rather them a plot. I have never thought of this and looking back on some of my stuff I guess I do this naturally. Put the guy or gal in a situation and see what th...
May 13, 2010
CHAPTER FIVE: Finish!
Even if you fail... finish. I am a guy that likes to try new things and I am not scared to fail. In fact I think that anyone I know that has ever been a success has failed many times. You have to give it all you got and kick the reasons you can't out the door... the only person or thing standing in your way is you.
If you wait for the fear inside of you to leave before you ever try anything you will never do anything. Life is about taking risk and making something of yourself... look at all th...
If you wait for the fear inside of you to leave before you ever try anything you will never do anything. Life is about taking risk and making something of yourself... look at all th...
May 11, 2010
CHAPTER FIVE: Frustrated!
This dark hole fills my sun like a monster from the deep,
My soul is drained and there is no end to this sorrow,
Can I keep on as the rift grows?
Can I take more of this consuming fear?
Broken, rejected, tossed away and spit upon,
Nothing to hope for but the never ending dark void.
Time is not mine to hold yet I reach out for it in the night,
Around me the monsters lie in wait for the blood that is not mine,
They crush, steel, hurt, and mash as my bones grind to powder,
Shall I awake to a bright dawni...
My soul is drained and there is no end to this sorrow,
Can I keep on as the rift grows?
Can I take more of this consuming fear?
Broken, rejected, tossed away and spit upon,
Nothing to hope for but the never ending dark void.
Time is not mine to hold yet I reach out for it in the night,
Around me the monsters lie in wait for the blood that is not mine,
They crush, steel, hurt, and mash as my bones grind to powder,
Shall I awake to a bright dawni...
May 9, 2010
CHAPTER FIVE: Spring and Mom's!
This Mothers Day and it is a beautiful day with the wind killing itself off and the sun winning out over the clouds. I waited for a long time to see this spring day and to get out and fix that darn sprinkler that people keep running over.
In church today or rather in Sunday School we were talking about parenting and the good old spanking issue. I don't really care what you think on the subject and because this is my blog I guess you get to hear my side... hee. hee... just trying to sound mean...
In church today or rather in Sunday School we were talking about parenting and the good old spanking issue. I don't really care what you think on the subject and because this is my blog I guess you get to hear my side... hee. hee... just trying to sound mean...
May 6, 2010
CHAPTER FIVE: Tell me what to do in the name of freedom!
How is it that a small group of people can force the rest of us to do what they want? How is it that we as a nation built on Christian values can let this happen? I don't care if you don't agree with your history or if you don't believe in God. How does this matter, history is history.
Today is the national day of prayer and no matter what today will always be a day to remember God and our roots. If you do not like it move to a country that founded their country on different ideas. In the name...
Today is the national day of prayer and no matter what today will always be a day to remember God and our roots. If you do not like it move to a country that founded their country on different ideas. In the name...
May 4, 2010
CHAPTER FIVE: Race... not just for breakfast anymore!
Ever look in the mirror and realize you are the worst thing in the world? I did. I am a child molester, a wife abuser, a hate monger, a drug runner, a rapist, a murderer, a scumbag for putting the.... fill in the blank... man down, and all of the other things your momma warned you about.
Yes you know me... I am a middle-aged white male. When was it okay to drag all the racism and turn it on someone else so the people of color could feel better about all their past hurts? I know we all know abo...
Yes you know me... I am a middle-aged white male. When was it okay to drag all the racism and turn it on someone else so the people of color could feel better about all their past hurts? I know we all know abo...
May 3, 2010
CHAPTER FIVE: wow... time... goes... fast...
This is the fifth month of this here crazy blog. Is there a purpose or a plan? Not sure. I do know that I am finding out a lot of things and some of them have been good and some not so good.
In church yesterday we learned about the power of music. I must admit I am not much of a music buff and frankly I could take it or leave it. If the car is silent or has music playing I really don't care either way. But that being said I may be one that gets more influenced by it because I really don't pay...
In church yesterday we learned about the power of music. I must admit I am not much of a music buff and frankly I could take it or leave it. If the car is silent or has music playing I really don't care either way. But that being said I may be one that gets more influenced by it because I really don't pay...
April 30, 2010
CHAPTER FOUR: Wind and rain
Was thinking about things I love, and how to look at something and explain it in different ways. One of the ways to make a book or a story come alive is to think about something like the rain.
Rain and the sound it makes as it hits the ground, the smell and the way it feels as the that of the day is forced away. I like to breathe in deep and it reminds me of my Grandfathers house where every morning it would smell like that. Fresh and clean no matter what was going on or who you were the rain ...
Rain and the sound it makes as it hits the ground, the smell and the way it feels as the that of the day is forced away. I like to breathe in deep and it reminds me of my Grandfathers house where every morning it would smell like that. Fresh and clean no matter what was going on or who you were the rain ...
