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

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Coming soon: INTO THE PARALLEL

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Quantum physics. String theory. Parallel universes. Romance. High mountain adventure. Family secrets. An awesome dog.

Coming in one week, INTO…

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DOGGIRL free book giveaway!

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Enter to win, because I love it when people win!

Don’t you kind of wish you could still go to camp?

Monday, June 6th, 2011

I have this weird thing about summers: I want to put myself in a bunch of classes, do a bunch…

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Want an excuse to read non-stop this weekend?

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

YES! Who doesn’t? Don’t we all want to “have” to finally read through that stack of books by our bedside?…

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That sound? That will be me reading in your ear.

Monday, May 16th, 2011

I’m going to try an experiment. And if you have an opinion about it before I start, I’d love to…

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Free Fiction Friday: DOGGIRL (one day only!)

Friday, May 13th, 2011

Okay, you have to act fast on this. My new novel DOGGIRL is available FOR FREE through tomorrow. So…

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DOGGIRL is here!!

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

How excited am I? SOOOOOO EXCITED! DOGGIRL is finally here, which means I can show some of it to…

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Book recommendations (or, spending time with Judi Dench vs. cleaning my office)

Sunday, April 24th, 2011

Why does everything take so long? Um . . . maybe because I put it off forever?

But today my…

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Free fiction Friday! TWO-EYES

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

TWO-EYES is a story I wrote as a modern riff on an old Grimm’s fairy tale by the same…

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Free fiction Friday!

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Here’s a little something for your weekend–some physics, some time travel, a little fish-licking (that part is based on…

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