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

I learned from my server-overloading experience a few weeks ago, and am not calling this post what the video is called.
Here it is:

Ever wonder why the book you know someone just finished won’t come out until a year from now? I mean, come on! What more needs to be done?
Someone directed me to this post, which is very instructive. Don’t forget to read her editor’s comment, which sheds even more light on the process.

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Hi, y’all. Here’s the thought and the plan:
I’m going to start a What Not To Do series based on my own particular mistakes with my writing career (oh yes, we’ll go there), and give you guys a chance to add your own experiences so we can all learn from each other (great suggestion, Shai!).
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Excellent, excellent news! Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature has been selected as one of the 20 books on the Texas Lone Star Reading List for 2009-2010! It’s a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult Round Table, intended to encourage students in grades 6, 7, [...]

That’s how many times I’ve read my manuscript now, as I’ve been editing it and editing it every single day and night (I’m not kidding) for weeks and weeks now. I was even working on election night, and had to listen to the TV in the next room for all my updates. I [...]

And peace will reign in the land.
Ahhhh . . .

For all of you who think it might be too late to make a life as a writer (or as anything else you have your heart set on), let me direct your attention to this great article by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker.
In particular, you’re going to want to read the opening story about [...]

Hi, there. Working on what I believe to be my final, final, final (pre-galley proofs) final, final edits to the next book. Please, please, please. Yes, I agree that one certain character is despicable and that it’s clear I can’t stand anything about him, but that yes, it would be better for [...]

I’ve watched this several times, and still love it. Enjoy:
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(Psst: In case you didn’t notice, that’s Stephen King.)

I love romance novels. Love to read them, love to write them. I wrote two a few years ago, and even though they haven’t been published yet, that’s not stopping me from writing a new one now. I just feel like telling myself a romantic story. So why not?
So here [...]