by patrick carr | Mar 17, 2017 | Teaching, The Backstory, Uncategorized, Writing
Life through a Mathematical Lens: A few months ago I asked people on my facebook author page what they would like to see me blog about. Most people answered that they would enjoy reading about the trials and tribs of teaching in the public school system and whatever...
by patrick carr | Feb 26, 2017 | Writing
Writing: Perseverance Actually, I could have entitled this post “The Necessity of Writing in Community.” But that seemed a little long-winded, even for me. Both titles point to the same idea; every writer struggles with how they view their own writing. I’ve met a few...
by patrick carr | Jan 30, 2017 | Teaching, Writing
WRITING Protagonists: This week’s writing tip comes from a recent conversation I had with a couple of writing friends. We started talking about the traits of our protagonists, when a realization hit me: I’d seen protagonists described in all sorts of ways, but never...
by patrick carr | Jan 14, 2017 | Writing
WRITING: Let’s start this week with a confession: I made a mistake when I wrote my first series, The Staff and the Sword, and if I had to do it all over again, I would fix it even if it meant turning in the manuscript a little late. What did I do? I messed up the...
by patrick carr | Jan 7, 2017 | Writing
Finding something – anything! – that works Admittedly this week’s blog is a bit of a mashup because I’m struggling in so many areas right now – writing, teaching, getting in shape, learning jazz piano. Yeah, it’s safe to say that everything is kind of tough. So,...
