Author Archives: Patricia Rice

About Patricia Rice

Patricia Rice is an award-winning, bestselling romance writer who loves history and fantasy and thinks sometimes they're the same thing. Her most recent print title is The Lure of Song and Magic and her most recent original e-book title is The English Heiress, now available from Book View Café. You can reach her at her website or through Facebook or Twitter.

Talking Heads

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Recently, I’ve been critiquing with several other authors for the purpose of learning more about craft. They are staunch proponents of making dialogue do the work of carrying the story. Some time back, I heard a new author complain that … Continue reading →


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See My Head Explode

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

Lately, I’ve been talking with two other writers about craft. Our styles are widely divergent. We, naturally, each insist our own way is best…but what we really mean is that the way we write is best for US, not necessarily … Continue reading →


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Caress the Detail

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

Caress the detail, the divine detail— Vladimir Nabokov Let it be unequivocally stated—I am NOT a detail person. When I read a Regency, I seldom notice by what title the characters address each other unless the author confuses me. When … Continue reading →


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Feng Shui and Life
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Posted on February 10, 2013 by

I like to keep an open mind on anything that hasn’t been scientifically proven as wrong or impossible. So, yes, as far as I’m concerned, there may be ghosts and space aliens and psychics and maybe feng shui really does … Continue reading →


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It’s Ranting Time Again
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Posted on January 14, 2013 by

I know I usually blog on writing and books, but I’m a writer, and if I get sick, I can’t write, so a bad cold ought to be a writing topic, right?  And since my husband and I are both … Continue reading →


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Greed, Selfishness, and Happy Thanksgiving
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Posted on November 19, 2012 by

I am seriously tired of greed and selfishness. Seriously. Maybe I’m getting old and grumpy, but since when has a pizza become more important than a man’s life? What makes one man think that just because he compiled a stack … Continue reading →


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Market Manipulation
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Posted on October 21, 2012 by

I want to get up on my soapbox and rant about Amazon’s market manipulation, but I  can’t because I’m an accountant who understands how the free market works:  Badly and for the detriment of the poor and uneducated—but that’s not … Continue reading →


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The Fantasy of Writing Urban Fantasy
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Posted on September 23, 2012 by

Patricia Rice here. Pardon while I puff my wings and crow a bit. Tomorrow is the release day for my very first genuine fantasy, written under the name of Jamie Quaid and called BOYFRIEND FROM HELL. It’s a Pocket release … Continue reading →


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Writing Blather
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Posted on August 26, 2012 by

The craft of writing is not a precise set of rules but a messy, disordered process involving a million subjective decisions. I am not talking about grammar and punctuation which do require rules, or we end up with “I ate … Continue reading →


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Silly Season

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

As my comrades behind the scenes at BVC discuss misheard lyrics (Bathroom on the Right, anyone?) and misread book titles (Torched by an Angel!), I realized we’re in the heart of the Silly Season. Traditionally, this applies to news—a time … Continue reading →


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