by Pat McCaw | Aug 5, 2017 | Pat's Chat, Writing tips
I compare my writing journey to a blossom striving to bloom into a fabulous flower as I continue to learn. Practice and commitment are the water and sunshine my flowers need to flourish. Over the last five years, I learned an enormous amount of...
by Pat McCaw | Jul 29, 2017 | Pat's Chat, Time management
One question I am repeatedly asked is: How do you do it? I practice medicine, write novels and picture books, attempt to be supermom (in my own eyes), and...
by Pat McCaw | Jul 24, 2017 | Pat's Chat
Your heart thuds and your knees wobble and your hands shake and your head whirls and you feel hot and cold and you can’t breathe and your tummy hurts and you can’t believe it’s really happening to you. But it is. It really is. These are the opening lines to You’ve Got...
by Pat McCaw | Jul 13, 2017 | Pat's Chat
Yeah, it happened. I was a teenager in the north woods of Canada holding my bloody filet knife when the old fisherman in the fish house said it. He was dumb enough to insult me when I was armed. I proceeded to clean my walleye with skill, producing filets looking...
by Pat McCaw | May 22, 2017 | Pat's Chat
Voice is one of my favorite craft topics in writing. In order to capture a character’s voice, you need to start with a well-developed character. Your story will change and develop and you need to know how your character’s personality and desires will adapt to every...
by Pat McCaw | May 20, 2017 | Pat's Chat
Many questioned my motives and looked at me with crazy eyes when I went back to school for my Masters in Creative Writing for children at forty-something years old. As a successful physician, I should have success, money, and all the comforts I needed – right? NOPE....
