Robin Brande, Author, Dog Lover, Coffee and Chocolate Addict. Living an Interesting Life.

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

For writers, readers, and independent thinkers–book talk for readers and writers, life chats when we need them, writers’ motivational articles, secret behind-the-scenes stories from the publishing trenches, and more.

Into the wild again

Monday, August 10th, 2009

One of the sweetest notes I’ve ever gotten from a boy was in fifth grade, when Tony T. wrote: “You would make a great author. You’re a great student too. You get your work done too.”
And though of course I love the part about how I would make a great author, it’s [...]

Flipping the fear switch to OFF

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

I do this thing, and I wondered if anyone else does this thing, or if it would be useful to you to consider it for your own purposes.
It started a few years ago when I was sitting here one summer, sweltering in the Arizona heat, and I happened to read an article about backpacking in [...]


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