Rachel A. Brune

Author: RachelABrune

  • Road Trip!

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    Set out runnin’ but I take my time, a friend of the devil is a friend of mine… I’m not sure why long road trips immediately put me in the mood for some Grateful Dead, but this one in particular took us through Reno, NV, and so this song has basically been stuck in my…

  • The ghosts of old soldiers…

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    At various times during my military career, I’ve been in one training or another where we had either a staff ride or a museum visit, or just the opportunity as an individual to explore local military history on our own. There’s something that resonates when you walk through the same halls and fields that those…

  • Home, sweet California dreaming home…

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    Just got back from my two-week annual training with my Army Reserve unit, and it is good to be home. Don’t get me wrong, I had a good time. In fact, it felt good to be back in uniform … maybe a little too good. It was right around the one-week mark, where I caught…

  • What am I even doing with my life…

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    I have no idea. And I’m not sure I’m going to figure out anytime soon. So I am simply going to try to work it out here on the blog, while still hosting guest bloggers and writers. Basically, I just took a month or two and went through a sort of Marie Kondo process of…

  • A Conversation With Jon Ray…

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    A warm welcome to fantasy and science fiction author, Jon Ray. I’ve invited him here to talk about his writing journey, goblins and panning for gold in the Australian Outback. Sounds pretty cool, right? Let’s get started! Q (Infamous Scribbler): First, can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your writing? A (Jon…

  • A Conversation with M.N. Jolley…

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    Welcome to M.N. Jolley, a very patient author (I got a little behind with some of my blog scheduling …) I invited him here to talk a bit about writing fantasy, writing advice, and his penchant for the name David. So, let’s begin! Q (Infamous Scribbler): First, can you tell me a little bit about…

  • Blog Security

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    Some of my visitors may have noticed that Google claims my site is not secure. This popped up as an issue a couple weeks (months?) ago. In true techno-denial fashion, my regular M.O., I was ignoring it because I really didn’t know what it meant or what to do with it. Yes. The foundation of…

  • How is it MARCH already?

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    I’m still not sure March is actually here. Maybe this is still January? Mid-February? Anything but late March … Anyway, the writing proceeds apace. I’ve submitted about five short stories this year. Two of them were in the 3-5K word range, and three were flash fiction. One of the longer ones, an atompunk homage to…

  • Post-Con Rundown

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    The three months since November started seem to have gone by so fast I don’t actually remember large swathes of them–and it’s not because I enjoy a glass or two of a festive beverage during the holidays. Working at the church, family, traveling, and trying to figure out how to promote new releases all kind…

  • Tanks, Monsters, Mercs … oh, my!

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    Started off this year wanting to get back to writing short stories and sending them out to the world, and then shortly after writing down my goals, I decided to take one of those stories and share it myself. Bea Wolf, a dieselpunk re-telling of the classic Norse epic, Beowulf, is now available as a…