Patrick Bryce Wright, author

Okay, so now that I’m educating myself about the Deaf community and learning ASL, I’m having to face the facts about discrimination...

I’ve known several people over the course of my life who’ve boycotted Valentine’s. They’ve had several different reasons: it’s too...

Writing should not be like walking a vicious dog. Setting aside for a moment the issue of how to properly use a lease, let's consider...

Well, I'm diving in and learning ASL. Thank god for YouTube. There are no resources in my area. I mentioned in a previous entry that I'm...

It's October, and plenty of people are thinking about Halloween, watching scary movies, or reading horror novels. It's a whole month...

I've spent years coming to terms with losing part of my hearing. I lose a little more hearing every year. This year I'm focusing on...

This is the first time I've set out to write a novel over the summer and then failed. But that's what happens when your S.O. has major...

In some ways, beginning a sequel is easier than writing the first chapter of the first book of a series. Your characters have already...

My cat is unstoppable. She's also crazy energetic, acting like a kitten still even though she's three. Seriously, I want whatever this...

Character-driven versus plot-driven? I’m character-driven all the way. I get a basic idea of what I want to write about and take about a...

All racism is insane, but some stories are extra freaky. Among my acquaintances is an African American/Black/POC who was minding her own...

For the creative writers or journal writers: Imagine your parents as supervillains. What powers would they have? What would be their...

What’s wrong with Dragonball Super? Well, Dragonball Z was about space princes, evil space overlords forcibly gentrifying the galaxy,...

Quick writing tip: Characters need names that don’t suck. Like, every genre has its naming conventions, and going outside that isn’t fun;...

Take your favorite character/characters from your current TV show or fandom obsession and gender swap them. How does that immediately...

You know you’re easily overwhelmed by Twitter and really busy when you would rather wait for relevant/entertaining tweets to be turned...

Advice #1: If a character’s really, really douchey, but they’re not entertaining, no one’s going to want to be around them. Knock that...

Pet owners: Imagine your cat/dog/fish/iguana (whatever animal you have spiritually bonded to in your home environment) as a human. Who...

I’m not a big wine lover, but I don’t like beer either. I’m a margarita and chichi person. So “manly” of me. (Seriously, people. Food and...