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

Dan Meyer is a high school math teacher, but his methods are enough to inspire any teacher–math, English, Social Studies, whatever.
I’ve been reading his blog, where he regularly posts innovative ideas for teaching and draws equally innovate comments from other teachers. It’s a treat for both your intellectual and creative mind(s?).
But first, enjoy this [...]

I loved this talk by Sir Ken Robinson four years ago, and now he’s come back for a new one. Funny, thought-provoking–everything to love in a short speech. Especially love his story about the fireman!
Enjoy.

We all have that sense of who our “people” are. Those people who are passionate about the same weird or lofty things we are. The people who get giddily excited about hashing out details and visions of things that maybe most everyone else thinks is silly or impossible.
For example, I love talking [...]

Love this myth-busting series from Dean Wesley Smith. This week’s installment is about whether you can make a living at writing–even if you’re not a New York Times bestseller. Read on!

Wow, I did NOT need coffee this morning, thanks to this guy. If he doesn’t fire you up, no one can.
And thank goodness LOST is almost over. You’ll understand when you get to the end of his talk.

Here’s this week’s video, about how one woman and one idea can make a huge–HUGE–difference.
Love this! Enjoy!

I’ll admit that I get obsessed with some strange things. And one of those is trying to become more and more efficient with my packing–seriously, if I could get by on a 5-day trip with just a toothbrush, a laptop, and some underwear, I would. And even though I can’t quite do that, [...]

I don’t know about you guys, but I definitely had an impression of Tony Robbins simply based on his success. And through some twisted logic, I decided if he was that popular, his talks must be . . . I don’t know, just not for me.
Which is like saying, “If a book is bestseller, [...]

Here it is, the result of our latest 48 Hour Film Project!
Last Friday the director, Bill Coughlan of Tohubohu Productions, drew at random the following elements that we had to work into our film:
Genre: Horror
Prop: Horn
Character: Marco Gabbowitz, who works with animals
Line of dialogue: “Do you think you can do that [...]

Love this recent post by Dean Wesley Smith, part of his Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing series. If you’re interested in the business side of your writing career (which I hope each and every one of us IS interested in), it’s worth your time to read through all of the posts in this [...]