Rachel A. Brune

Author: RachelABrune

  • Some quick thoughts…

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    …still working on my interview with Mike Lynch, which will be up later today. But my brain spit these two pieces out when I was trying to think of something else.   On Reading My Sister’s Obituary  Obituaries Leave out more than I can take in. The pixels parse, in awkward prose Our names that…

  • Awesome sandwich…

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    You know how, when you’re learning to give constructive criticism, they teach you about the “compliment sandwich”? Having been on the receiving end of more than a few criticisms from folks who were unaware of this phenomenon, I try to always couch any sort of critique that I do – whether it’s a subordinate counseling,…

  • Reading project (cont’d)…

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    Earlier this year I posted a manifesto to my old blog, Burning Silver and Time, about how I was going to take this year and give myself permission to relax, to read whatever I wanted, to play whatever kind of music I wanted, to put less intellectual pressure on myself in the creative areas of my…

  • A Conversation with Jenn Campus

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    I first met Jenn Campus a few years ago through our mutual participation in the Sarah Connor Charm School. Then, as now, she was living in Vermont, the creative force behind The Leftover Queen, and now Got Goats? We have a lot in common – she is an amazing cook, and I like to eat.…

  • Steampunk Short Story Out! (I think…)

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    I am pretty sure that my short story, “The Case of the Southern Gentleman at the Midnight Ball” has been published by eSteampunk Magazine and is currently available on Nook. This steampunk detective story is the first of a planned series (currently sitting at two-and-a-half pieces) that I’ve been calling the Boudreaux-Woodson Mysteries. I call…

  • Post-Launch Hangover of the Soul

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    Soft Target came out last Wednesday, and I am now firmly ensconced in that state familiar to all writers known as the post-launch hangover of the soul. It’s that time between the day you send your creation out to the world* and the moment you check Amazon and find someone has written a customer review…

  • A Conversation with Conrad Glover

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    I first met Conrad Glover in 2004 when he hired me to do some photography on the set of his independent horror film, Woods of Evil. At that time, I had done a little set photography and enjoyed it for the unique mix of aspects of photojournalism and fine art photography that capturing a work-in-progress film…

  • Launch Day!

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    Launch Day for Soft Target has come and – at least in my time zone – almost gone. I received so many kind words of encouragement, including those words any writer loves to hear, “I just bought a copy!” If you would like to pick up a copy, my book is available in a variety…

  • A Conversation with Army CPT Liz Van Heusden

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    I first met Army Captain Elizabeth Van Heusden in July, 2011, at the Military Police Captains Career Course at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. During the six-month course, she was my workout buddy and I coaxed her into writing a novel during National Novel Writing Month. Upon graduation, I started work on an ongoing project to…

  • Three days until launch!

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    I’ve been a little busy today. Church and music, then lunch and fellowship, and three shots of espresso to get me through this afternoon. First, there was work/work, and then it was the final edit/formatting of Soft Target to get the book up on Smashwords and prepped for its launch on Wednesday. (Hope to see…