Fiction author Robin Brande talks about writing, reading, and other vital matters

I know you’re all poised to knock some kid over the head and steal his Halloween candy, but hold on and see if you’re a winner first.
This month’s chocolate winners are:
Liz!
Deborah!
Ellie!
With a special bonus chocolate going to Heather for so clearly kicking all of our butts at Party Bingo!
Congratulations! Your chocolate is on the [...]

I just ran into one of the male maids of honor for one of these November weddings I’m going to. The wedding is next weekend, and he’s a little . . . stressed.
The toast, the outfit, the present, all the details he’s in charge of arranging–but maybe the biggest responsibility is helping the bride [...]

Thanks to Lady T’s tip, last night I watched It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Usually on Friday nights I like to get all enraged by watching The News Hour and Washington Week in Review, but sometimes you just have to cleanse yourself with some Snoopy and the gang.
For those of us who write [...]

BJ sent me this link, which of course must inspire us all to copy.
Here’s your chance to be Hemingway for a day (without the drinking, womanizing, etc.) and duplicate his feat of writing a short story in just six words. Pick any topic you like. Here’s mine:
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Look, we can take a lot. We can take the guy beating Sawyer up one side of his skull and then the other. We can take Kate breaking Sawyer’s heart by claiming she lied when she said she loved him.
BUT DO NOT PRETEND TO KILL THE BUNNY.
Look, we live in hard times already. [...]

Just this one last thing, then we’ll go back to non-political topics. Really.
Technorati Tags: President Bush, Stay the Course, Iraq War

Last night I had the pleasure of standing in someone’s living room, just a few feet away from former Ambassador Joe Wilson, and listening to him talk for a good long time about all matters Iraq, the outing of his wife Valerie Plame, and what we can do to return our country to its former [...]

Just in case you’re wondering, sometimes I do actually work. For example, last week I visited a high school where I hope to be attending classes pretty soon. I like to sit in the back and make students nervous, wondering, “Who’s that stranger and why is she taking notes?” Bwaa-haa-haa.
I’ve also been [...]

Over these upcoming weeks of pre-Christmas shopping (I know, settle down, just deal with it), I’m going to be soliciting your ideas for mail-order gifts so I never have to leave my house except to get groceries and walk the dog. It will be like Oprah’s Favorite Things show, but I hate to break [...]

Last night I was at a party where I hadn’t seen most of the people for a long time, and in catching up, one of my lawyer friends told me he’d sung at Carnegie Hall last year. Which, trust me, is not at all what you’d expect to come out of his mouth.
I told [...]