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

If you haven’t been following all of Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s posts on freelancing (including last week’s, in which she discusses what we can learn from Michael Jackson’s financial situation), do yourself a favor and catch up.
This one is part five, and discusses the value of diversifying if you’re a writer or any other kind [...]

Thank you, Joanne, for passing along this great essay to me. I now pass it along to the rest of you. Read and believe.

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I should be sleeping right now because I barely have in the past 48 hours, but I’m too wired because I had such a great time at the Michigan Library Association Spring Institute last night! Hurray! I was up there because they had chosen Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature as [...]

Thank heavens for Adrienne and Eisha. Because they were at the Rochester Teen Book Festival last weekend, and actually had the strength to write a post about it. Which I’m totally stealing now.
Or look at this one, which includes a clip of Wordgirl, with my new pal Jack Ferraiolo doing the [...]

Here’s today’s math question: How much extra sleep does it take to make up for five nights of extreme sleep deprivation? Show your work.

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See if you can relate to this.
There are times when you feel like you’re being filmed, or photographed, or if you’re somehow living out your own make believe of playing with paper dolls or army men. Suddenly there’s a moment where you realize you’ve stepped past the fantasy, and right that second you are [...]

[NOTE: THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT AWESOME RESPONSES ALREADY!]
Okay, then, here’s the deal:
A friend of mine–a friend of many of ours–is too young to have breast cancer but has it. Believe me, we’ve all done a lot of cussing about this. And although we all know money can’t cure everything, we [...]

Because I’m too busy/harried/unimaginative (for blogging, that is–saving it all for the book I’m working on now!), about the best I can manage these days is to point you to other people’s blogs when I think they have something to say you might be interested in.
I really liked what Meg Cabot had to say about [...]

Time to stop just talking about it or wishing for it or whatever else you do that keeps you from actually moving forward with your dream. I know, you’re sitting there still tormenting yourself over the great, wonderful novel you’ve had in your head forever, and the damn thing just won’t write itself, and [...]

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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