Posts Tagged ‘science fiction’

Mar 30, 13 • genre, workshops, writing • alleypat • Comments Off

Next class: Worldbuilding Wizardry

Worldbuilding Wizardry Add depth and reality to paranormal & fantasy stories April 29 – May 24  One of the most appealing things about fantasy and paranormal is that it usually takes place in a fantastic and imaginative world. The mention of names like Middle Earth, Midkemia, Westeros, or Narnia brings up vivid images in a ...
Feb 25, 13 • Books, class, Conference, events, my articles, news, newsletter, workshops, writing • alleypat • Comments Off

Upcoming Events

Hello everyone! Upcoming events are upcoming really fast! Where  has this  new year gone, anyway? Time is hungry, sucking it up like .. OK no time for another short story right now, I need to focus on this post   2/25-3/22  Edit Like a Pro 3/1-3/31  Witches, Faeries, & Wizards: Divining the Supernatural World 3/25-4/22 Mastering ...
Feb 21, 13 • blog, Books, class, events, workshops, writing • alleypat • Comments Off

CLASS: Witches, Faeries & Wizards: Divining the Supernatural World

Check out my latest online class! Here, we’ll delve into the paranormal and urban fantasy worlds of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse, Rachel Morgan and The Hollows world of Kim Harrison, Justin Cronin’s The Passage & The Twelve and his hungry zombie-like blood-sucking hanging-upside down creatures, of Annie, George, and Aiden of Being Human, of succubi called ...
Feb 12, 13 • events, meeting, news, websites, workshops, writing • alleypat • Comments Off

Short Story Contest Deadline March 1

The Yuri’s Night Short Story Contest deadline is March 1, 2013. Human Spaceflight became a reality over 50 years ago with the launch of a bell-shaped capsule called “Vostok 1.” The capsule was carrying Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who took his place in history as the first human to leave the bounds of Earth and enter ...
Dec 9, 12 • class, events, workshops, writing • alleypat • Comments Off

Tropes, Trollops, & Truths of Science Fiction & Fantasy

Tropes, Trollops, & Truths of Science Fiction & Fantasy is a rename of the class that was called The Science in Science Fiction. I really didn’t like the old name that much. It served its purpose, which was the presentation I gave to the National Space Society in Dallas last year at the Frontiers of ...
Nov 6, 12 • class, events, workshops, writing • alleypat • Comments Off

Are you writing a Paranormal or Urban Fantasy?

If you are, NOW is the time to sign up for my online class, URBAN FANTASY: MORE BANG FOR YOUR FANG, going on now at FF&P. It’s only day 2, but we haven’t even begun with lessons till later today, election day in the US! Register and tell them Alley sent ya! WHAT: Online class: ...
Nov 3, 12 • Books, Miracles, published, writing • alleypat • Comments Off

Congrats Nicole Leclerq!

OK time to brag. I know, it’s not like I wrote the book myself, but I did teach the class Nicole attended (in Holland last November) and helped a bit on the beginning of the book and VOILA! She’s published! And I’m as proud as I can be! WHO: Nicole Leclerq WHAT: Touched by Madness ...
Oct 26, 12 • class, Conference, events, examiner, my articles, news, workshops, writing • alleypat • Comments Off

Teaching @ TCC NW Nov 10

I was invited to do a class at the Creative Writing Workshop sponsored by the Tarrant County Community College (TCC) NW Campus on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 11am. Wanting to bring more depth to the class, I invited Gerald Warfield to co-teach the class. He will give the class insights on the Odyssey Writing Workshop ...
Sep 13, 12 • events, news, workshops, writing • alleypat • Comments Off

Next Class: Fang-Dangle Your Fantasy with Urban Delight

  Fang-Dangle Your Fantasy with Urban Delight! Sponsored by: Outreach International Romance Writers Fee: OIRW Member $20 Non-Member $25 Dates: October 1–31, 2012 Presenter: Pat Hauldren. Click HERE To register Fang-Dangle Your Fantasy with Urban Delight is a fun and frolicking look at writing urban and paranormal fiction for today’s marketplace. Fantasy, and especially Urban ...

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A little bit about me…

I'm a writer, a part-time fiction editor and copy editor, and writing instructor and coach. I specialize in speculative fiction, urban fantasy, and paranormal stories. I also do freelance writing for several online sites on writing, science fiction, women's sports, the SyFy Channel, and Dallas Stars hockey. I live in Grand Prairie, Texas, a native Texan, and I'm an avid Taoist Tai Chi practioner. Email me at
Pat.Hauldren //at// gmail.com
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