Category Archives: DiLA Blog

Speed Date Improv #5

And the bonus footage from Dating in LA and Other Urban Myths continues– The fifth “gentleman” who sits down across from Kate is an actor who is not only really proud of his earning potential but is also convinced the speed dating set-up has been rigged with reality cameras to help make him famous. Starring

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How You Can Buy “My Letter to Fear: Essays on life, love and the search for Prince Charming”

  So, the big day has arrived. While Amazon gave a sneak to people, today is the official release date of “My Letter to Fear: Essays on life, love and the search for Prince Charming.” Every author hopes that their book finds an audience. I certainly do. But more than just readers, I’m hoping that

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Interview for Squidoo Author Series

Bonnie Diczhazy did an interview with me about “My Letter to Fear (Essays on life, love and the search for Prince Charming)” for the Squidoo Author Series: http://www.squidoo.com/an-interview-with-patricia-steffy-my-letter-to-fear-essays-on-life-love-and-the-search-for-prince-charming The book is officially released tomorrow, but Amazon has actually already made it available for print book and Kindle orders.  In fact, you can find a link to the

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Smashwords Interview with … um… me

This seems a bit weird because we talk all the time. We’ve bonded. But just in case you want to learn more about me, you can head over to read this author interview I did with Smashwords. This is all in anticipation of the official release of My Letter to Fear (Essays on life, love

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Speed Date Improv #3

More bonus speed date footage is here! The third “gentleman” who sits down across from Kate is confident, well put together, and seemingly successful. What could go wrong, right? Well, the last guy looked the part, too, and look at how that turned out… This guy knows what he wants, but what he wants is

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Do you lead with your heart or your head?

I’m carefully examining every bit of email that comes to me about writing these days, and one the headlines posed the question of “heart or heart” in relation to writing. It is certainly a valid question in that context, but it sent me off on a completely different path, and I started thinking about it

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Speed Date Improv #2

Today brings us another bit of bonus footage from the web series. You’ll remember from the other day that while we were filming a speed date scene for the series, we had the guys do a special series of improvs around the idea. I had no idea what the guys would come up with, only

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Speed Date #1 and Leaps Forward

The last seven days has been another one of those periods where it feels like long-gestating projects are making big leaps into being. It’s exciting, but it’s also a little dizzying, as I try to keep track of it all. Book My Letter to Fear (Essays on life, love and the search for Prince Charming)

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The “Things that Scared Me” Weekend

This weekend was all about doing things that scare me, and I’m not just talking about the root canal I had on Friday. And along the way, I completed some things on that never ending list of the broken or undone. Friday started off with a bang—root canal time. I found out I needed one

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