reading – Rachel A. Brune

Itty Bitty Seismic Shift Committee

Feb 23, 2023

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Actually, there’s no committee. It’s just me, at a desk, with about a thousand tabs open plus my phone notifications popping up, plus several piles of books around me and twelve different disorganized to-do lists, trying to make sense of my life and profession and everything in the universe. It’s been slowly coming, but I…

10 Gifts to Get a Writer for Valentine’s Day

Feb 8, 2023

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RachelABrune

in Conversations, On the Shelf, Writing Reflections

Ten (actually, more than ten) gift ideas for writers for Valentine’s Day (which are actually just things I’ve got on my Amazon wish list…)

Sisyphus runs my inbox…

Feb 6, 2023

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RachelABrune

in On the Shelf, Welcome, Writing Reflections

Seriously, I feel like the more messages and emails and texts and message and emails and whatsapps and notifications I check off the old to-do list, the farther and farther behind I lag. While I’m working on clearing some projects and activities off my plate, I’ve realized that part of the problem is not so…

New mic, that’s who…

Feb 1, 2023

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RachelABrune

in On the Shelf, Podcast

In answer to the question, of course, “New mic, who dis?” Here, let me show you: I was reading Podcasting Made Simple by Daniel Larson to learn some ways to approach developing, producing, and promoting a show, and in that book, they (the author is a pen name for two podcasters) recommend the Blue Yeti…

Dusting Myself Off and Getting Back in the Fight

Jan 26, 2023

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RachelABrune

in Conversations, On the Shelf

…when I wrote down my intentions for the new year, I included the fact that I wanted to do a podcast. And now…I am setting up for two.

On the Shelf: Fae, Fae, and more Fae!

May 4, 2022

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RachelABrune

in On the Shelf, Reading Project

I ripped through that and then, on Tuesday had to send [the author] a message asking where the next book is… ANYWAY, that is the blessing and curse of being a voracious reader.

Back On the Shelf!

Apr 27, 2022

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RachelABrune

in On the Shelf, Reading Project

This year, I’ve realized, I’m not getting any younger, and so I subscribed to a half a dozen gardening, herbalism, and green/plant witch podcasts, bought a bunch of books on herbalism, gardening, and the like, picked up a bunch of garden stuff like soil and fabric pots and seeds and plants, and got started on…

On the Shelf: Empty Shelves…

Feb 16, 2022

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RachelABrune

in Reading Project, Writing Reflections, Writing Woes

haracters take me away. There’s so much research I want to do right now–history, and green witchery, and the craft of horror writing–and the more I want to, the less I find myself cracking open the book and just going for it.

On the Shelf: Green Witchery

Feb 3, 2022

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RachelABrune

in Reading Project

I needed an herb to be added to a brewing process so that my werewolves could get drunk. Seriously. I was thinking about them, and how it would be kind of sad to be a generations-old pack of beer brewers who couldn’t enjoy the effects of their own wares. So that started me down a…

On the Shelf: Down a (Grim)Dark Alley

Jan 26, 2022

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RachelABrune

in On the Shelf, Reading Project

I’ve been diving down the dark fantasy rabbit hole, immersing myself in grim settings and antiheroes. If you’ve got a penchant for dirty deeds and dirty … well, people who live in a storage unit, you really should check out…

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