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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

A Snippet from the Upcoming Jade Owl Book II - The Third Peregrination

"G.P. Pelesar III resided high in the sky on Nob Hill in a tower that allowed him to scan the city he thought he owned. His eyes peered through the curtain, his four-fingered hand pushing the drapes aside revealing the city lights. The expanse of the gossamer trails that fled in the night from his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 2, 2009

The Third Peregrination is Coming in January

[The Jade Owl Legacy Series: Book 2] The world is on the brink, now that the relics flow together again. The new China Hands should have left the Jade Owl in the tomb, to fester silently for another age, but they didn’t. Now there is a tapping in the basement and a flowering of new relics, all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 26, 2008

No Irish Need Apply to be The Book of the Month for June 2009

Nice news coming for the Holiday Season. My Novel - No Irish Need Apply - has been selected as The Book of the Month for June 2009 (Pride Month) for the Book Reading Club sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton, McClean, Va. There will be over 100 readers, all having read the book and I have accepted an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

James Clavell meets Indiana Jones in this China Mystery

A Review of Ed Patterson's THE JADE OWL By Todd A. Fonseca (Minneapolis, MN) After relocating from New York City to take on the position of a lifetime, sinologist Professor Rowden Gray learns upon his arrival that his position at the San Francisco Museum of East Asian Arts and Culture has been... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 6, 2008

A Fish out of Water – No Pun Intended

I recently had an e-mail from a reader who asked where I get my inspiration for my stories, especially Turning Idolater, which seemed unique to her — genre defying and yet satisfying genre need. In Turning Idolater, I literally take the protagonist, a young internet stripper who is yearning for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 29, 2008

A Morsel after the Turkey

Since this is the laid back Saturday after Thanksgiving, here's a morsel from The Jade Owl to ponder: from The Jade Owl by Edward C. Patterson "The wise say the reason the sound of rain upon roofs and windows comfort is rooted in a remembrance before birth, when we sensed the beating of our mother’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving to All and my many Readers

To all my Blogit frends, I give you a snippet from my massive collection of Poetry - The Closet Clandestine: a queer steps out. This one from Gay October: November Take my hand dear love As we leave the bronze cathedral, This stately edifice of elms; Or rather, let it leave us, Yielding a war-worn... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Jade Owl Legacy Series "a True Winner"

On October 28th, the first book of The Jade Owl Legacy Series was published and has been received by readers intently. In fact, one review from Rainbow Reviews states: "The Jade Owl is a nonstop, don't miss page turner and only the first in a quintology, The Jade Owl Legacy series. Readers, run, do... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 7, 2008

Picking at an Old Chestnut – Moby Dick Lives

Turning Idolater by Edward C. Patterson http://www.amazon.com/dp/1440422109 (Paperback) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FWZ92Q (Kindle) Ever since I picked up Herman Melville’s tale of the Whale, that great leviathan of beauty and destruction, I have been struck by the sheer poetry of Moby Dick. It... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

The Jade Owl is Now Available in Paperback

HEAR YE HEAR YE. Finally available in Paperback Edward C. Patterson's THE JADE OWL http://www.amazon.com/dp/1440447977 (also available on the Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001J54AWO ) Description: "In China they whisper about the Jade Owl and its awful power. This ancient stone, commissioned... Sign in to see full entry.

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