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

Some nice surprises here!

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A lot of us pretend we don’t self-Google, but honestly, if I didn’t, I never would have found this:

It makes me smile so large to see stuff like this. I appreciate the girls’ creativity–what a great job they did! And of course I appreciate that they decided to do their video book report [...]

I know a lot of you can’t wait these last few days before the movie version of New Moon comes out. Yes, we all want to see Jacob’s new muscles! I know that!
But until then, enjoy this:

Thanks to Faith for tipping me off about it!

Finally! I haven’t wanted to announce it until it’s official, but I guess since it’s in today’s Publisher’s Weekly, that makes it official:
This week in Page to Screen—PW’s column tracking film rights circulating and sold in Hollywood—a Brokeback Mountain producer nabs a YA backlister, and an Amazon Breakthrough Novel winner gets looks in Hollywood.
Proving [...]

Or maybe it was her best friend George–can’t remember now.
But anyway, there’s nothing like revisiting some of your childhood favorites to make you wonder why you couldn’t see how cheesy something was. It’s like the experience I had this past weekend watching the Land of the Lost marathon on the SciFi channel. It [...]

SO excited!! Last night our 48 Hour Film Project entry for this year, “Please Forward,” won the Audience Award at the “Best of D.C.” screening. THANK YOU, D.C. AUDIENCE!!!
For your further enjoyment, check out the shorts that won for Best Film and Best Directing.
Congratulations to all!
coughlan48hfp films to see: Best film: http://bit.ly/fTEMK Best [...]

Sweet! Just found out our entry in this year’s 48 Hour Film Project has made it into the finals for “Best of D.C.”! Hurray! Great job, Bill and Pam and the whole cast and crew who worked on the film!

Technorati Tags: 48 Hour Film Project, Mother Reader, Movies, Screenwriting, Tohubohu Productions, Writing

Yay! I can finally show you the result of our speed-filmmaking project. Before you watch, let me remind you of the “required elements” we had to work into our 8-minute film:
Genre: Holiday movie
Character: Ivan Pagoda, coach
Prop: ID card
Line: “We’re hoping things will change.”
We found out those required elements on [...]

Last Friday I was the screenwriter for the speed creativity contest known as the 48 Hour Film Project.
The producer on the project was Pam Coughlan, aka Mother Reader. The director was her husband Bill Coughlan of Tohubohu Productions. Here’s Pam’s report on how those 48 hours went for the people involved in the [...]

A Gaythering Storm from Jane Lynch
P.S. Who’s the second person in that video? He is super cute!
[UPDATE:] I hadn’t seen the original video that this lampoons. Here it is, with some Stephen Colbert thrown in for dessert!

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