patbertram Profile

Join Date:
2009-05-08
Blogs Owned
1 - Bertram's Blog
Bertram's Blog includes posts on all aspects of the literary life from inspiration to editing,.. from rejection to reward. In addition to Bertram's own essays, this blog regularly welcomes.. guest contributors to share the stories of their craft.
Other Tags: writing, guests, More Deaths Than One, blogging, books
Pat Bertram, the author of More Deaths Than One and A Spark of Heavenly Fire, interviews characters.. from books. If you would like her to interview your character, please check out the character.. questionnaire page on the blog.
Other Tags: character profiles, character questionnaire, Pat Bertram, culture, fiction
An indexed reference blog with lists of sites for promoting books, articles about blogging, and tips.. on how to use social networking sites to promote without getting branded as a marketing floozy.
Other Tags: blogging, book marketing, book promotion, social networking, guest bloggers
4 - Dragon My Feet
It seems as if lately all I do is drag my feet. My WIP is in pause mode, and the only art I’m.. practicing is the art of procrastination. Dragon My Feet is a place to talk about all the things I.. am doing to keep from doing what I should be doing.
Other Tags: writing, procrastination, books, book reviews, author interviews
5 - Work-in-Pause
Most authors have a work-in-progress. Pat Bertram has a work-in-pause. This blog chronicles.. Bertram's journey in writing her whimsically ironic apocalyptic fantasy.
Other Tags: work-in-pause, writing, Pat Bertram, apocalyptic fantasy
Pat Bertram is the author of More Deaths Than One and A Spark of Heavenly Fire. In "The Mind of.. Pat Bertram" she talks about life, writing, and whatever else happens to cross her mind.
Other Tags: writing, Pat Bertram, blogging, personal, musings
Quantum (Uni)Verse are snippets of poetic thought by Pat Bertram, author of More Deaths Than One and.. A Spark of Heavenly Fire.
Other Tags: poetry, romance, Philosophy, friendship, love
8 - Mini Fiction
100-word stories written by Pat Bertram. Some people call this art form a drabble, some call it.. prose-haiku.
Other Tags: drabble, fiction, stories, 100-word stories, Pat Bertram
Latest Blog Posts
- Being StrongThere is a saying making the rounds of Facebook that I can’t get out of my mind: Strong people know how to keep their life in order. Even with tears in their eyes, they still manage to say, “I’m okay” with a smile. Are these reall...
- A Special Treaton Dec 15, 2016 in life breaking a wrist elbow replacement external fixator falling injury taking a walkSuch a wonderful treat today — I took a walk! The past few weeks have been trying — first the fall that shattered my wrist, the hospital stay, surgery, and then the demoralizing discovery that things were worse than expected. The first su...
- On the Road to HealingI think I am finally on the road to healing. For the past three weeks, ever since I tripped over a parking curb in the dark, doctor visits have only served to add complicated discoveries to an already complicated injury. Originally, I was told that m...
- The Beauty and Amusement of WritingI have been enjoying being a character in my book, enjoying even more finding inspiration in the small matters of my life. For example, yesterday I wrote in a blog post: I tend to believe my memory. Whenever I have gotten into a he said/she said or s...
- Flawless CharactersEveryone who knows anything about writing or reading novels knows that you have to start with a flawed character. Well, everyone but me. I don’t believe in flawed characters, just characters that come alive. Tell me honestly, except for a few physi...
- Coming HomeI am creating another writer’s retreat for myself this weekend, but to tell the truth, right now my whole life feels like a writer’s retreat. I continue to feel conflict free, partly because I have put off worrying about the future and what is to...
- If You Want To Help Me, Buy My Books!People often say that helping others makes you feel better, and it’s true, you do feel better. I used to try to help people, but then a rebellious thought hit me. Wasn’t it a bit arrogant to assume we know what other people needed? Has anyon...
- My Writer’s RetreatI’ve been wondering if I should do some sort of writer’s retreat to get me back into writing fiction, and as it turns out, all unknowingly, I created my own retreat. Last weekend, beginning Thursday afternoon when my last dance class was over unt...
- Getting Back to the FundamentalsIt’s always seemed odd to me that when it comes to the fundamentals of education, people talk about the three R’s — reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic. Or is it reading, writing, and arithmetic? Either way, out of a possible three, th...
- Raining Asheson Aug 16, 2016 in life brush fire in California flooding in Louisiana smoke and sinuses smoke cloudWe are having a cloudy and rainy day today in the midst of a heat wave, but that is not as pleasant as it sounds. The clouds are huge billows of smoke that blot out the sun, and the rain is not water but ash falling from those murky skies. Not many a...
- Open Letter to Blog ReadersTo Whom it May Concern: This is my blog, and I am allowed to say whatever I wish. When I first began blogging, the posts were impersonal — comments about the books I was reading, the books I was writing, and writing hints I garnered along the w...
- Heavy HeartMy heart is heavy today for my friend in Louisiana. We have been sisters in sorrow for many years, shadow mirrors of grief, since so many of our devastating losses occurred about the same time. My brother, her brother. Her mother, my father. My soul...
- From Bruising to BlessingThis has been a strange week. It started with a bruising and ended with a blessing. Now that I think about it, the week actually started with the Pilot Fire, a nearby forest fire that completely burned the area on the Pacific Crest Trail I hiked not...
- Getting older? Here’s an App.on Aug 7, 2016 in writingOriginally posted on Mickeyhoffman's Blog: These days I feel like my body has become a foreign entity which does whatever it wants. I’ve almost given up trying to keep control. Bits and pieces, parts and systems go awry without advance not...
- Best Selling Author Makes Me Sick to My StomachPeriodically I read the entire oeuvre of a bestselling author to try to see what it is that so many people finding interesting, and so far, I haven’t a clue what makes hordes people buy the books they do. Even if I did figure it out, I don’t thin...
- No More Bad RoadsI moved out of the room at the end of the bad road. I was too afraid for my car. I kept envisioning a sort of cartoonish mishap, where I would be sitting on the seat holding the steering wheel, with the rest of the car in pieces on the ground surroun...
- There is MagicWhen I was younger, I always wanted to have a special gift — ESP, maybe, or an ability to see ghosts. Or perhaps to have a touch of magic at my fingertips. Now I am just as glad not to be special, glad to be mostly down-to-earth and pragmatic.
- Women AdriftI hadn’t been posting my blogs about my internal journey lately. For the first time, I’ve actually deleted a post or two without publishing it, not wanting to look as if I were unbearably pathetic. Although it might seem like it, I am not really...
- The Miracle of GriefToday is the sixth anniversary of the death of a dear friend’s life mate/soul mate, and I keep thinking of her and the sorrow this day is bringing her. Not that keeping her in my thoughts will help her get through the day — or maybe it will.
- Refreshmenton Jul 21, 2016 in Adventure life Deep Creek hiking with a friend Pacific Crest Trail piriformis muscle refreshmentI had a great day yesterday, but then, I always have an especially good time when hiking. Hiking is my therapy, my peace, my freedom. And when I have the perfect companion, hiking is bliss, even when the temperature hits a hundred or more. Although m...