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Monday, February 16, 2009

The Advent of Simone DeFleurry

The Advent of Simone DeFleurry in The Jade Owl by Edward C. Patterson One might think that to pop in a compelling character like Simone DeFleurry — a drag queen, into a fantasy adventure like The Jade Owl is a simple matter of adding spice to a story. However, nothing could be further from the... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Do I like Indie Publishing or what?

I just left a comment for Betsy regarding the Indie Publishing experience, since she asked, but decided to re-post the comment here also. I have had success at INDIE publishing, especially since I never lay out any money to do it and do it through CreateSpace and Kindle. I've published 10 books (7... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Five Star Review for The Third Peregrination

The Third Peregrination received a 5-star review last night from Rainbow Reviews that I would like to share: Sinologist Rowden Grey is back at the San Francisco Museum of East Asian Arts and Culture, formerly his dream career. The museum has benefited over many decades from artifacts and treasures... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Professor Gray and His Garland

In The Jade Owl, Professor Rowden Gray refers to gathering the rosebuds as ye may, gathering them onto a garland — a garland which constitutes a complete strand of logical facts that can be analyzed and codified into a scholarly article for The Harvard Journal of Asian Studies. Funny thing that,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

The Third Peregrination (The Jade Owl Book 2) Hits the Streets

I am happy to announce the availability of the second book of The Jade Owl Legacy Series in both Paperback and Kindle edition: The Third Peregrination by Edward C. Patterson 664 Pages ISBN: 1441456724 http://www.amazon.com/dp/1441456724 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001Q3M9QI Description: "THE SECOND... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Over the Falls

I came to Voltaire through Leonard Bernstein's Candide, a failed operetta that has since become a cult opera. What fascinated me about the work was its movement. It didn't matter to me that it was a treatise on pessimism. What caught me was it moved from place to place (real places) and juxtaposed... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Press Release on The Third Peregrination

This morning, a Press Release on the upcoming release of The Third Peregrination (the second book in The Jade Owl Legacy Series) hit the planks. Here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/9glryu Edward C. Patterson The Jade Owl http://www.amazon.com/dp/1440447977 (Paper) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001J54AWO... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Road Goes Forever On and On

When a sixteen year old goes off on his first road trip with another sixteen year old (even when chaperoned by the minister and his wife), there's bound to be new impetus, especially if the friend is cute. Into my quiet world of opera libretti and delivering perscriptions for the local pharmacy came... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Gentlemen of Japan

What does Rachely of Babylon, The Death of a Redstart and The Pirates of Galicia all have in common? Anybody... Anybody? Well, these are three of perhaps twenty-five unproduced Ed Patterson operas written between 1959 and 1961. They were unproduced because I never wrote the music, except in my head... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Falling Off a Cliff

So where did it all begin for me. I am a 62 year old author, with nine published works under my wing and nine in the pipeline. However, no one should think I woke up one morning and decided I was the world's next Dickens. (That happened years ago - just joking). It all started when I was twelve... Sign in to see full entry.

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