LDK 29 - The Misadventures of the Accident Prone Author with Patrick Carr

On this episode we spoke with Patrick Carr, author of the Staff and Sword Series, about his venture into the Darkwater Saga and the Shock of Night. A trilogy of trilogies awaits! In these episodes, Patrick keeps us laughing. Also, you'll never believe how accident prone Patrick is! All of us wax nostalgic at some point...you'd think we're old or something! In Episode 29 Odd character traits with Patrick's main character. (How does sleep walking and murders correlate?) Writing with an unreliable protagonist. Hating your writing while you're writing. Juggling. Emergency room visits! We manage to gross Aaron out. How Patrick uses his own accidents to inform his books. How to recast your books from one setting to another when your editor and agent tell you to. Fencing stories! Some engineering talk, which is totally fascinating. Googling has some interesting answers...including how dogs see. We get off into old time radio and radio broadcasts in general because of Patrick's answer to the superhero question. You will NEVER guess Patrick's answer to his Captain. Never, never, never! Patrick's looking forward to teaching a class at Realm Makers! Links: Patrick Carr The Darkwater Saga The Shock of Night Home Improvement. Steve Laube (Patrick's agent!) David Eddings (The Belgariad) Steven R. Donaldson (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) Robert Ludlum Brandon Sanderson C. S. Lewis (Screwtape Letters; The Space Trilogy) Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series The Magician by Raymond Feist