Fiction author Robin Brande talks about writing, reading, and other vital matters » Writing http://robinbrande.com Writing, reading, and other vital matters Sat, 19 May 2012 14:23:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Great speech by Neil Gaiman about writing, creativity, and fun http://robinbrande.com/writing/great-speech-by-neil-gaiman-about-writing-creativity-and-fun http://robinbrande.com/writing/great-speech-by-neil-gaiman-about-writing-creativity-and-fun#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 14:23:20 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2961 So much great advice in these 19 minutes. Plus Neil just always seems like such a decent guy, he makes…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/great-speech-by-neil-gaiman-about-writing-creativity-and-fun/feed 0 Another weekend of controlled chaos http://robinbrande.com/writing/another-weekend-of-controlled-chaos http://robinbrande.com/writing/another-weekend-of-controlled-chaos#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:04:04 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2944 “Controlled chaos” is Tohubohu Productions director Bill Coughlan’s term for what we’re about to do, and I can’t disagree.…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/another-weekend-of-controlled-chaos/feed 1 Yes, I’m a geek, and here’s proof http://robinbrande.com/writing/yes-im-a-geek-and-heres-proof http://robinbrande.com/writing/yes-im-a-geek-and-heres-proof#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:41:06 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2922 I love this description from the Houston Library for the interview I just did with them: “Robin Brande discusses writing,…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/yes-im-a-geek-and-heres-proof/feed 2 “What was your worst job?” and other fun questions for YA authors http://robinbrande.com/writing/what-was-your-worst-job-and-other-fun-questions-for-ya-authors http://robinbrande.com/writing/what-was-your-worst-job-and-other-fun-questions-for-ya-authors#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:15:16 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2770 Last weekend I got to play and talk and teach and play some more with a bunch of fun, smart,…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/what-was-your-worst-job-and-other-fun-questions-for-ya-authors/feed 0 Writers: Treating your writing like a 401(k) 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…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-treating-your-writing-like-a-401k/feed 0 Writers: Learn to think bigger http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-learn-to-think-bigger http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-learn-to-think-bigger#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:25:07 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2752 Be sure to watch the cat-herding video. But then really think about some of the issues in this new…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-learn-to-think-bigger/feed 0 Writers: Some fresh thinking for the new year http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-some-fresh-thinking-for-the-new-year http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-some-fresh-thinking-for-the-new-year#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:01:00 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2749 There are a couple of new posts by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch that I think…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/writers-some-fresh-thinking-for-the-new-year/feed 0 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 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 Want a character named after you? In my book or someone else’s? Check this out! http://robinbrande.com/writing/want-a-character-named-after-you-in-my-book-or-someone-elses-check-this-out http://robinbrande.com/writing/want-a-character-named-after-you-in-my-book-or-someone-elses-check-this-out#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:42:37 +0000 robin http://robinbrande.com/?p=2606 This is very cool.  And I’m not just saying that because I’m participating–I’m saying that because of all the other…

]]> http://robinbrande.com/writing/want-a-character-named-after-you-in-my-book-or-someone-elses-check-this-out/feed 0 Hermione Granger and the secret plan to know everything 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