Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
This conversation of 23 March 2017 with Patrick is about some of his unfinished stories. The transcription is below. Patrick: Some stories are not finished yet and it says “to be continued,” and the very last one is obvious, it’s right in the middle of the story. But there are many of them that are […]
Notes that Patrick had made about a writing technique, from a file dated 30 Aug 2014, referencing the book Writing a Novel by Watts. Some of Patrick’s examples come from his own unfinished book, Dr. Weightnovel. The eight points which Watts lists are, in order: Stasis Trigger The quest Surprise Critical choice Climax Reversal Resolution […]
A long letter from Patrick to JP dated 24 Oct 1991. He was responding to a letter I’d sent him early that year. He talks about family, music festival planning, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, travel. writing, John’s death, Mary’s death, grandparenting, old age, working with music companies, and learning Finale. (Click on the images to […]
Here’s a post card from 21 May 1987 that I sent to Gretchen, Patrick and Stephanie. At this point Gretchen (obviously) was living on Mallorca. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Letter from Patrick of 21 March 1986, about five weeks before I went to Europe for the first time. I believe he refers to my story The Eyes Have It, which was never published. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
A two-page letter from me to Patrick written in June 1982 shortly after I moved to California. These are scanned so it might be easier to click on the images to get a larger view. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
Here’s a letter from Patrick to JP dated 25 March 1980, but not actually sent until 3 November 1980. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
Here’s a letter from Patrick dated 24 January 1975, shortly after we’d resumed corresponding. PatrickPatrick Meadows 1934 – 2017. patrick-meadows.com
This is a letter from Fred to Patrick and Lois, dated 19 Sep 1971. Much of it relates to writing and manuscripts that are in the works. As usual, click on the image for a possibly larger version.