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

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 [...]

Tonight begins another 48 Hour Film Project! I’ll be working with Bill Coughlan of Tohubohu Productions again. (You may know Mr. Coughlan’s esteemed wife, Pam, a.k.a. Mother Reader.)
So here’s how it goes: Bill will show up at the official launch site tonight, and reach into a series of bins to [...]

I love this talk by Steve Jobs. Maybe you’ve seen it before. If you have, go ahead and watch it again–it will re-inspire you. If you haven’t seen it yet, take the 15 minutes to be amazed at the failures that have led to Steve Jobs’s greatest successes.
It’s an excellent reminder that [...]

I’ve already sent this video to four people in the past 24 hours, so I guess it’s time to share it with the rest of you.
Here’s robotic surgery scientist Catherine Mohr talking about her own efforts to be as green as possible. Funny, informative, and as always with all these TED conference talks, very [...]

Here are two fascinating talks from the TED series about the strategies and manipulations that lead people to perform at their best, and that surprisingly cause them to fail.
I’m willing to bet that all of you, like me, assume that offering cash incentives helps people “win” at a task. And also that the known [...]

Here’s your next lecture from the fabulous TED series. You’ve gotta love Jane McGonigal’s energy and her very creative message.
Really think about this one! I know I am.

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As part of the research for my next novel, I’ve been watching lots and lots of videos of talks given by scientists, inventors, technology experts, and other creative people.
My favorite sources for those lectures are TED.com and poptech.org.
I’m going to start linking to some of my favorite talks, because they’re just [...]

LOVE this recent post by Dean Wesley Smith. Especially love the part about picking some new skill to focus on with each new story or novel we write. I try to do that myself with each new novel, and I can attest that it really does make the process so much more [...]

I can always use a talk like this. The speaker, David Allen, gave this speech to some employees at Google. Lots of very useful and thought-provoking material in here. Enjoy!

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Every now and then I pull up this blog post by my teacher Dean Wesley Smith to check in and see which particular fear might be affecting my writing in any particular week. Why did I pull it up today? Because I’ve just added two new chapters to a manuscript I thought was [...]