Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
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Writing Goals for 2015
Here are my writing goals for 2015: 1. Work on super-secret project (more details to come in 2015, I hope!)1a. Polish short story for super-secret project. Already written, but for some reason I just cannot get this thing edited! I really need to work… Continue Reading “Writing Goals for 2015”
What I’m Reading: The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the world’s oldest known story. Although our most complete version of it is from Assyria around 700 B.C., fragments of the story have been found from as far back as 2,000-ish B.C. Any writing that we have older than that… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Epic of Gilgamesh”
Ranking the non-DC and non-Marvel Comic Movies
So far I’ve ranked the Batman movies, the Superman movies, the other DC movies, the Avengers movies, and the X-Men movies. There’s only one major franchise of super-hero movies I haven’t ranked yet, and that is the Spider-Man franchise. But for now, let’s rank the comic-based movies that… Continue Reading “Ranking the non-DC and non-Marvel Comic Movies”
What I’m Reading: Safe Area Gorazde
Gorazde is a town in Bosnia. During the Bosnian war from 1992-95, it was one of four safe areas for Bosnian Muslims that the UN negotiated with the Serb militia. Of the four, it was the smallest and most remote, so it rarely made… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Safe Area Gorazde”
Ranking the Other DC Movies
So far I’ve ranked the Batman movies, the Superman movies, the Avengers movies, and the X-Men movies. There’s only one major franchise of super-hero movies I haven’t ranked yet, and that is the Spider-Man franchise. But before we get to that, let’s finish ranking any extraneous DC… Continue Reading “Ranking the Other DC Movies”
What I’m Reading: Moby-Dick
Call me Joshua. I’ve finally finished the journey. I started Moby-Dick last fall, read about half in a month, then put it down, intending to pick it up again after the New Year. In fact, I picked it up again in September and only just now… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Moby-Dick”
To Be Creative, Don’t Hoard Ideas
Sometimes I meet or hear about a writer who thinks ideas are a rare, precious resource. These writers hoard ideas like a squirrel hoards nuts, locking them away no one can ever see them. They’re frightened to share their ideas with others lest they… Continue Reading “To Be Creative, Don’t Hoard Ideas”
