Rachel A. Brune

Author: RachelABrune

  • #WriteFridays Exercise 4

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    This week, I posted an interview with author Stephen Christiansen, wherein we discussed world-building on the macro level. This got me thinking about all the different levels at which we interact with our environment, especially as I began drafting the outline of a new novel set in a zombified near future. So I offer this…

  • A Conversation with Stephen Christiansen…

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    I’m currently reading my way through the first novel in Stephen Christiansen’s epic Orbbelgguren series, which currently clocks in at 17 books with some off-shoot novels. I grew up reading multi-part series such as Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Pern novels, The Sword of Truth novels, The Riftwar Saga, The…

  • Telling stories beyond facsimiles…

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    A few days ago, I received a free eBook for an honest review, part of the Read It & Reap program through the Shut Up and Read GoodReads group. Part of the reason I asked for the book, other than the fact that it sounded interesting, was that one of the main characters was billed…

  • #WriteFridays Exercise the Third…

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    This week, I’ve been busy reading and reviewing books for various online groups. There are a few I belong to on Goodreads, and promising a review is a great way to score free books. I was reading my way through one, and something was bothering me. Then, I read this article on differentiating characters, posted…

  • Exercise 2

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    Here is my contribution to last week’s #WriteFridays exercise. I started and threw out a few, but finally came up with this. Based, as they say, on a “true” story. Writing Exercise 2 (Actions) When I was a kid, I had an imaginary friend. Most kids do. He was about my size and age, and…

  • #WriteFridays Exercise 2

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    Welcome back to #WriteFridays! Participation is easy. Check out the exercise below, then sit down and write something. Post it to your blog and share the link in the comments and/or via Twitter with hashtag “#WriteFridays.” Then, read and share others’ efforts. Good luck! Exercise 2: For this exercise, I used my Rory’s Story Cubes,…

  • Breaking before you shine … Guest Post by C.M. Wilson

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    “It’s okay to be a glow stick. Sometimes you have to break before you shine.” –        Anonymous I’ve had a lot of people give me a weird look when I recite that quote. I guess it’s hard to understand it unless you’ve lived it. Or maybe, because I’m shining now, they don’t understand how broken…

  • Release Day – The Crosstown Kid

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    Every once in a while, I’ll come across a book in one of my blogging groups that really catches my attention. There are different reasons for that – perhaps the cover art is particularly eye-catching, perhaps it’s a different genre than the plethora of paranormal romances currently out there. Anyway, I saw the cover art…

  • #WriteFridays Exercise 1 – Anxiety Dreams

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    I started this exercise thinking that I would use it to jump start some work on Steel-Toed Blues, for which novel I still owe some words today. After staring at my computer, surfing Facebook, feeding the baby, surfing more Facebook, and trying a few words, I realized that I just wasn’t feeling it. Instead, my…

  • #WriteFridays Exercise 1

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    As I posted on Wednesday, I am trying to hold myself to doing one writing exercise a week in order to stretch my writing muscles and continue to work on my craft. I’d like to invite the Internet to participate. All you have to do is read through the exercise, draft a sketch that fits,…