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Pat Dewees Author
Welcome to the website for my books. My latest book is It Was a Magical Place.
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Feel free to learn about me and my other books in the menu in the upper right corner.
Latest Blog Posts
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It’s a Wrap: How my Book Became Available
Posted 6/15/2024
Once the winter holidays had passed and a new year had begun, I set about my goal of publishing my book It Was a Magical Place. There was one publisher that was guaranteed to not turn down the chance to publish my book: me. As you will read below, I did many of the things that a publishing company does. Read More
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My Visit to Writing School
Posted 4/27/2024
I couldn’t tell how I got my book written and published in one article last month, so I am continuing to explain now and probably again next month. I will now talk about a writer’s conference that played a pivotal role in the development of my latest book. Read More
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Literary Agents are the Ticket if Any of Them Care
Posted 5/18/2024
I could have labeled my previous two blog entries with Roman numerals I & II and this one as Roman numeral III. This is the third blog post about my publishing odyssey for It Was a Magical Place. Read More