Rachel A. Brune

Category: Writing Wins

  • Week full of win…

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    …although it certainly didn’t seem like it was going to start out like so. I received my first three-star rating on Goodreads for Soft Target. I had an idea that it might be coming, as not everyone is going to like what I’m putting out there, and now that people who aren’t my friends, family,…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • My husband sent me flowers…

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    …beautiful flowering dogwoods, azaleas, jasmine, and a Basset hound and a cattle dog. Who are not actually flowers, but can often be spotted sniffing around the backyard that is seeing the first shoots and beams of our first Spring in the new house – a milestone I am missing what with being out in the deserts of…