My Letter to Fear
Based on interviews with women, these essays about life (and all of its funny, sad and ridiculous aspects) were published in 2014.
A Taste of Agua Dulce Winery
After spending some time up at Vasquez Rocks, I contemplated my next move. Should I head home to Los Angeles and get things like laundry done, or should I continue exploring Agua Dulce? In the end, it didn’t take much to tempt me into continuing my exploration of the area. I jumped onto Agua Dulce
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)
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
Find Courage
I was texting with a friend last night, and I was struck by the realization that something vital had been left off of my new year’s resolution list. It turns out that among the career goals, I had inadvertently left off “Find Courage.” I don’t actually think of myself as a timid or fearful person
Book Cover Design Poll
I’m stuck. I had nearly 100 submissions to the book design contest. I narrowed down my options to four possible book cover designs. All very different. I fell in love with one early on, but then others came in that were very different, and… well… here we are. So, I’m asking you to take a
My Letter to Fear Book Update
If you are a long-time reader, you know that I have been working on a series of essays based on true stories—both mine and from a number of different women. What started out as a small project of about 20 perspective pieces swelled to 60 different essays on life, love and the search for Prince
My Letter to Fear Book Update
If you are a long-time reader, you know that I have been working on a series of essays based on true stories—both mine and from a number of different women. What started out as a small project of about 20 perspective pieces swelled to 60 different essays on life, love and the search for
Where Can You Find Me?
It’s time for the annual “Where is Patricia?” update. Here are all the places (other than this blog) where you can find me: Facebook Writer Page This page combines all of my writing projects (blog, travel, script, book, etc). If you are a Facebook person, give my page a “like,” and you’ll stay up-to-date with
Getting the New Year Started
Getting this new year started in the right way seems to be a bit of a challenge. Raise your hand if you’ve had the same experience:
Happy New Year!
It’s that time of year again. You know me, I love making lists and New Year’s resolutions fit perfectly into that category. Every year my friends and I sit down and work out our resolutions for the following year and do a review on how we did in the previous 12 months.