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Edward C. Patterson

Biography:

Edward C. Patterson has been writing novels, short fiction, poetry and drama his entire life, always seeking the emotional core of any story he tells. With his eighth novel, The Jade Owl, he combines an imaginative touch with his life long devotion to China and its history. He has earned an MA in Chinese History from Brooklyn College with further post graduate work at Columbia University. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he has spent four decades as a soldier in the corporate world gaining insight into the human condition. He won the 1999 New Jersey Minority Achievement Award for his work in corporate diversity. Blending world travel experiences with a passion for story telling, his adventures continue as he works to permeate his reader's souls from an indelible wellspring.

Works:

Bobby's Trace
No Irish Need Apply
Surviving an American Gulag
The Closet Clandestine
The Academician - Southern Swallow - Book I
Look Away, Silence
Turning Idolater
Come, Wewoka
The Jade Owl
The Third Peregrination - The Jade Owl - Book II
The Dragon's Pool - The Jade Owl Book III

Where to find Edward C. Patterson online:

Website: http://www.dancaster.com

Books:

The Nan Tu - Southern Swallow Book II
Ebook Price: $3.99 USD. 166160 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on December 29, 2009
“We all lived in the shadow of K’ai-feng’s ashes now. No denying it. However safe we felt, the world hung by a silken thread.” So begins the second book of the Southen Swallow series — The Nan Tu (The Southern Migration) and, like the first book, The Academician, it is told by K’u Ko-ling, servant to the Grand Tutor, Li K’ai-men.

Look Away Silence
Ebook Price: $1.00 USD. 100800 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on July 23, 2009

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Martin Powers wanted an ironing board for Christmas. Instead, he got . . . Matthew Kieler, a non-returnable gift, but a gift that kept on giving. Look Away Silence is a romance set in the time of AIDS, when ignorance could spell trouble and often did. It encompasses the author’s experiences in volunteer community service and personal friendships during a tragic period in American history.

The Dragon's Pool
Ebook Price: $3.99 USD. 276790 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on May 11, 2009
A shadow stalks the lanes and streets, from Gui-lin to San Francisco, from Florence to the Dragon’s Pool. In its wake, Rowden Gray and his China Hands follow a course to right the wrongs of time. The relic is hidden, but stirs in the soul and archaic rituals long since forgotten, but never lost. Book 3 of he Jade Owl Legacy.

The Academician - Southern Swallow - Book I
Ebook Price: $1.00 USD. 146150 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on March 8, 2009
“A bigger fool the world has never known than I — a coarse fellow with no business to clutch a brush and scribble. I only know the scrawl, because my master took pleasure in teaching me between my chores. Not many men are so cursed . . .” Thus begins the tale of Li K’ai-men, a tale of 12th Century China, where state service meant a life long journey.

The Third Peregrination
Ebook Price: $3.99 USD. 254910 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on January 25, 2009
The Jade Owl Legacy Series: Book 2: The world is on the brink, now that the relics flow together again. The new China Hands should have left the Jade Owl in the tomb, to fester silently for another age, but they didn’t. Now there is a tapping in the basement and a flowering of new relics, all seeking to move Curator-General Rowden Gray and his crew into the field again.

Are You Still Submitting Your Work to a Traditional Publisher?
Ebook Price: Free! 34460 words. Non-Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on December 24, 2008

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With the new and exciting world of Kindles and Print-on-Demand (POD), Independent Publishing is becoming an enticing choice and a viable alternative to traditional publishing. Are you unsure of how to go about it? Do you crave to know the best options? What are the pitfalls? Includes three other stimulating articles on novel writing and revision. Older Version replaced as per review below.

The Jade Owl
Ebook Price: $3.99 USD. 206510 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on November 1, 2008

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In China they whisper about the Jade Owl and its awful power. This ancient stone, commissioned by the Empress Wu and crafted by a mineral charmer, long haunted the folk of the Middle Kingdom until it vanished into an enigma of legend and lore. Now the Jade Owl is found. It wakes to steal the day from day. Its power to enchant and distort rises again. "Readers, run, do not walk to your nearest

Turning Idolater
Ebook Price: $1.00 USD. 89010 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on September 20, 2008

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Philip Flaxen, who strips past his jockstrap on the Internet for manluv.com, acquires a rare gift — a book that transforms his life. With it, he sparks with a famous author, whittles away at a new craft, swims with an odd circle of new acquaintances and is swept up in mayhem. Philip leaves the world of The Porn Nazi and enters the realm of crisp possibilities.

Surviving an American Gulag
Ebook Price: $1.00 USD. 78030 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on June 28, 2008
Private Winslow Gibbs has been drafted in 1967 at the height of the Vietnam war. He is out of shape, two-hundred and seventy pounds and a bundle of nerves. He also has issues of a different nature, but in these days before the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, these are dealt with according to the book. Welcome to the Special Training Unit where the misfits are driven in the American Gulag.

Come, Wewoka & Diary of Medicine Flower
Ebook Price: $1.00 USD. 11160 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on May 30, 2008

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The Trail of Tears left a deep mark on the Cherokee nation, a mark that still ripples through the descendants of that culture. It should also leave an indelible mark on the current conscience. Come, Wewoka - Poems on the Trail of Tears is a collection of heartfelt reflections on Cherokee culture during those days and after. Diary of Medicine Flower - Cherokee Aphorisms re modern Cherokee thoughts

The Closet Clandestine: a queer steps out
Ebook Price: $1.00 USD. 22920 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on May 30, 2008

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A collection of seven poetry books (180 poems), The Closet Clandestine: a queer steps out, tracks a gay man's sensitivities to the strange world encountered both in and out of the real and poetic closet. Sensitive and bold, and sometimes shocking and, in all cases, lyrical, this is a journey from shy emergence to bold self-confidence.

No Irish Need Apply
Ebook Price: $1.00 USD. 37320 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on May 30, 2008
Kevin Borden has a secret, and that secret is about to shake the world around him - a tame and suburban world ruled by his widow mother, Sarah and peppered by his study-mate, Louis. Teenagers sometimes do the darndest things, but in Kevin and Louis' case, it's a stroke of wisdom wrapped in fool's gold.

Cutting the Cheese
Ebook Price: $1.00 USD. 36090 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on May 30, 2008
Luke Oliver has just come out of the closet and confronts a brave new world - a meeting of the Gay and Lesbian Activist Association of New Birch and Sipsboro (GLAABS) - your run of the mill, gay political caucus. Run of the Mill? . . . my @$$. Stepping across the threshold of the Otterson estate exposes Luke to horny and hilarious shenanigans that give the Boys in the Band a run for its money.

Bobby's Trace
Ebook Price: $1.00 USD. 30650 words. Fiction by Edward C. Patterson on May 30, 2008
Perry Chaplin is in mourning for his life partner, Bobby - a time of stress, notwithstanding. He gets an unsought lesson in life-after-death that turns his bereavement into a horrific adventure. Come peek through Perry Chaplin's mysterious window. What lies beneath the surface of life and death? What comes in Bobby's wake; in Bobby's trace? Perry Chalin knows. Will you?

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