Author: RachelABrune
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Knew I was forgetting something…
Or rather, several somethings. I woke up early for a Sunday, with the realization that I’ve started sleeping through my first alarm and should probably find a remedy before I sleep right through the beginning of a work day one of these days. The plan for the day was to head downtown with the guys and…
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A Conversation with Connie Wilson…
I have been getting back into the reading groove with a vengeance, and this week found me tearing through two Young Adult novels by Connie Monique Wilson, author and blogger at Musings of a Manic Blond. Northern Lights and Learning the Hard Way reminded me in a very strong way of books I read when I was a…
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Banalities…
As I may have mentioned, it’s been a bit of a banal day. I think the most excitement I had was trying to reconcile the numbers of people that I thought one unit had with the numbers it actually has. That, and telling the brand new Captain “Just agree with him,” referring to the Brigade…
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Sweating it…
Greetings from Kuwait, where the daily temperature today stands a good chance of breaking 110 … in the shade. Of course, this is the perfect time at which to switch out all the air conditioners in the building where I work. I think my fingertips are sweating. This is the Army most people don’t think…
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A Conversation with Caitlin Hensley…
Paranormal Legacy, by Caitlin Hensley, is one of those books, which, when I began reading it, I didn’t quite know what to expect. I had seen Caitlin’s posts in one of the online National Novel Writing Month forums and had picked it up just to see what it was like. I am not usually a…
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Rinse and repeat…
I’ve heard this refrain before: We love your story … but it doesn’t fit (with the rest of the stories in the anthology) … Great concept … but it doesn’t fit (with the rest of the stories in the issue) … We love your writing … but it doesn’t fit (with the current publishing landscape)…
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A Conversation with Sue Winegardner
I have had the pleasure of knowing Sue Winegardner, Assistant Editor at Entangled Publishing, for going on about a year now. We met through a local critique group, and quickly found a mutual love of Aaron Sorkin, good writing, and excellent wine. After one particular night of at least two of those things, I came…
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Finishing up some books…
I am almost to the end of one of the two books I’m going to talk about, but I don’t think that much is going to affect what I write about it, and so I shall put together this post and settle in for an evening of reading. But first up, some thoughts on The Folly…
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A Conversation with Mike Lynch
During the next few weeks, the Conversations feature of my blog will center around the theme for the month of June, which I have unilaterally declared “Indie Author Month.”* In the lead-up to the actual month of June, I have two interviews with editors – one a freelance editor working primarily with the indie author…
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It’s Time to Read…
…The Great Gatsby again. When I heard the movie was coming out, I intentionally refrained from re-reading the book. I didn’t want the fresh memory of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s prose to be constantly on my mind while trying to enjoy Luhrmann’s interpretation. And enjoy it, I did. Although, I have to say, I felt to…
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