Nano Novel Prep Time!
September 6, 2021
at Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal RWA New to NaNoWriMo? Or an old Mad Hatter? Never fear! Nano Novel class is here! We’ll play Pin the Tail on the Tagline, Tarot
at Fantasy, Futuristic & Paranormal RWA New to NaNoWriMo? Or an old Mad Hatter? Never fear! Nano Novel class is here! We’ll play Pin the Tail on the Tagline, Tarot
My next online class is EXAMINING ONLINE MEDIA: HOW TO BUILD AN AUDIENCE BEFORE YOUR BOOK IS SOLD! and begins Feb. 6, 2012. Deadline to register is Feb 1. See
Sunday I got to talk about “The Science in Science Fiction” at the National Space Society of North Texas‘ Moon Day event at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, celebrating the 42nd
Tony Eldridge invited me to blog for his website Marketing Tips for Authors (again!). I was happy to do so. Tony makes me sound sooo professional! Examining Online Media: How
I’m teaching a class Sunday, Feb 26, at 8:30 a.m. (gulp) at the 2011 DFW Writers’ Conference at the American Airlines Training Center! The class is “Examining Examiner: How to build an author’s
I am guest blogger at the DFW Writers’ Conference website blog. “Life is Learning” by Pat Hauldren I’ll be teaching a class on how to write for online media to build
My article “New concussion policy for for high school hockey league” was listed as one of the top sports stories of 2010! How cool is that? I’m really having fun writing
Bestsellers are bestsellers for a reason. Bestselling authors use their writing toolbox and skills to create a fascinating story. In this class, we will analyze bestselling authors and see how they created their bestseller and apply those techniques to our own. Bestseller here we come!
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Your readers crave the essential elements that make their favorite genres irresistible—and it’s your job to deliver them brilliantly. Genre fiction thrives on tropes: those familiar yet powerful building blocks that readers expect and love. Master these elements, and you’ll have the tools to craft stories that satisfy genre expectations while standing out from the crowd. In this workshop, we’ll explore how to identify, adapt, and elevate classic genre tropes to create fiction that keeps readers hungry for more.
She’s running from the darkness. But what lurks inside her is darker.
The debut novel from award-winning author Pat Hauldren explores questions of who we think we are vs the truth of who we are, and the price we pay no matter the path taken.
Life is not simple for Zarachiel, freshly escaped from her drug-dealing foster parents in deep South Texas. In Dallas, she stays off the grid. She finds a new family in Gracie, from whom she leases an extra bedroom, and Katie, Gracie’s four-year-old daughter.
The cartel attacks just as Zarachiel makes contact with her biological father. They want what she stole from them.
Amid chaos and survival for both her and her new family, Zarachiel discovers her true nonhuman self as she fights for her freedom and the freedom of humanity.
