http://robinbrande.com Writing, reading, and other vital matters Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:52:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-treating-your-writing-like-a-401k http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-treating-your-writing-like-a-401k#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:44:29 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2765 One of the many things I value about the business-of-writing posts by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn…

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]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-some-fresh-thinking-for-the-new-year/feed 0 http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-believe-in-yourselves-and-write-the-stories-you-want-to-write http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-believe-in-yourselves-and-write-the-stories-you-want-to-write#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:39:49 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2626 It’s been a while since I’ve linked to a post by bestselling, award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, even…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-believe-in-yourselves-and-write-the-stories-you-want-to-write/feed 0 http://robinbrande.com/writing/hermione-granger-and-the-secret-plan-to-know-everything http://robinbrande.com/writing/hermione-granger-and-the-secret-plan-to-know-everything#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:03:55 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2502 I’m up in the mountains right now, finally uncurling my brain from its protective mode of refusing to think too…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/hermione-granger-and-the-secret-plan-to-know-everything/feed 11 http://robinbrande.com/writing/learning-makes-us-uncomfortable http://robinbrande.com/writing/learning-makes-us-uncomfortable#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:39:23 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2475 If you’re not already reading Dean Wesley Smith’s Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing series, I urge you to…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/learning-makes-us-uncomfortable/feed 5 http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-the-myth-of-talent http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-the-myth-of-talent#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:54:03 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2473 Wow. It seems like lately Dean Wesley Smith has been rerunning all my favorite posts. This one on the…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-the-myth-of-talent/feed 0 http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-how-to-use-your-stories-and-novels-as-focused-practice-for-skills-you-want-to-learn http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-how-to-use-your-stories-and-novels-as-focused-practice-for-skills-you-want-to-learn#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:53:23 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2468 Oh, how I love this post by Dean Wesley Smith! It’s a rerun, and it’s worth rereading at least…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-how-to-use-your-stories-and-novels-as-focused-practice-for-skills-you-want-to-learn/feed 0 http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-future-of-storytelling-is-in-good-hands http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-future-of-storytelling-is-in-good-hands#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:53:49 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2455 Yesterday I taught a teen writing workshop at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, AZ (a GREAT indie store, by…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/the-future-of-storytelling-is-in-good-hands/feed 2 http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-too-many-ideas-a-great-problem-to-have http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-too-many-ideas-a-great-problem-to-have#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:34:58 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2406 Boy, can I relate to this latest post from Kristine Kathryn Rusch about how the new world of publishing…

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