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

Yep, it’s a smackdown. Thank you, Barry, for the tip.
The Jane Austen portion is about halfway through. Enjoy.

Today’s book club selection from me gets double-bookmarked under Reading and Jane Austen Geekery. Because if you’re a huge fan of the BBC version (the Colin Firth version) of Pride and Prejudice, you need to give yourself the new treat of renting the BBC series North and South. Why? Because it’s romantic [...]

Personally, I usually go for this. Or this. And certainly this (do I own the life-size stand up cutout? You decide).
But I am Persuaded.
Thank you, PBS, for giving us The Men of Austen. That ought to occupy us all quite nicely for the next several Sundays.
**Swoon**
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Re-read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice this week. And I swear this is the last time I will subject you to this, but it just so happens that I read both P & P and Wuthering Heights the summer I was 15, and somehow got it into my head that I should write my [...]

Yay! I read one of the books on my end-of-year list! Love it when I actually do what I say I want to do.
Lisey’s Story by Stephen King was AMAZING. Complex and shocking, a complete surprise from the very beginning. I stayed up until 11:00 three nights in a row, then [...]

I had to give this post its own special title, because what was I supposed to be doing yesterday? All manner of bill-paying and errands and whatnot. What did I do instead? Read Shannon Hale’s Austenland cover to heart-thrilling cover.
I am SO in love.
Not with Shannon, although I have it on good [...]

I was reading some of your comments from the last post about what endings you would have chosen for certain books and movies, and it made me think about the stories and characters that have actually changed my personality over the years.
You know, the ones that make you want to act like the hero or [...]

This is why the blogosphere is so powerful. We can’t know it all, each of us, which is why we need information from others.
Lady T (a.k.a. living read girl) brought this to our attention recently, and it’s important enough–in these days of bloodless military coups and the falling price of gasoline and weird pieces [...]

I have this feature on my website that allows me to see how it is people find the site. (Don’t worry, it’s not giving me any personal information about you, like your e-mail addresses or how much time you spend on the internet versus actual face time with real people. We all need [...]

All of your comments in the last few days about the need for more full-frontal nudity in films (my vote: no, thank you) has gotten me thinking about all of the great films showing intense love, but not a drip of sex.
And I don’t mean the love of a girl for her car or [...]