Patrick J. Heck

Writer, charcuterie enthusiast, aspiring game dev, and guy with too much garden space and not enough time.

NOW QUERYING (2026)

In search of his missing sun god, a former holy king does what he thought impossible—he goes home.

THE EVERWINTER KING (99,000) is a character-driven standalone adult fantasy. It would sit nicely on a shelf next to Antonia Hodgson’s THE RAVEN SCHOLAR and Cameron Sullivan’s THE RED WINTER, and is great for fans of Bioware’s Dragon Age II. It features a queer normative world and a second chance MM romance with a trans love interest.

@pjheckwrites

It's planner season!! I might've gone overboard with my prep for 2027. This doesn't even include my actual planner... What can I say, end of August makes me want to buy stationery. It doesn't help that a new store opened near us! They have the cutest stickers and a great selection of fountain pens, so naturally I had to buy my first TWSBI. In honor of finishing the first draft, I'm sharing my WIP guide for BONE KING'S BLUFF, an dual POV adult medieval fantasy. Character art done by my wonderful husband. ❤️ "July will be chill!!" I told myself after a very not-chill June. "So chill!!" Writing is fun and all but I gotta take a break for cheese. I built this board to feed my husband and me last week. Naturally, I had to feature that beautiful heirloom tomato I found at the store. Any guesses what this board's theme was? It's QuestPit day over on Bluesky and Twitter! To celebrate I'm sharing my updated agent's guide for THE EVERWINTER KING. How about a little Last, Now, Next? There's a cheese post in the works (spoilers: there's tomatoes!), but between that and pitching I thought I'd share what I've been reading.

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  • Writing THE EVERWINTER KING.

    It’s raining. My shoes can’t find traction in the wet earth. They’re dress shoes, you see, the fancy kinds with zero tread because they’re only mean to be worn on perfectly manicured floors. Wedding shoes. I’d gotten married to my… Continue reading

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    Writing THE EVERWINTER KING.

  • April 2026

    Surprising no one, I’m not great at sticking to weekly blog posts. I can’t even remember to do the post-month wrap-up. I’ll get there. I’m working on it. I have a calendar reminder now. This post will mostly be images… Continue reading

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    April 2026

  • Enter the contest. Take the month off.

    I set ambitious writing-related goals for April, and I’ve already failed one. Any guesses which? Trick question. I failed two. If you look at the date of this post, and then check my last post, you’ll see I missed a… Continue reading

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    Enter the contest. Take the month off.