Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
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Ranking the X-Men Movies
Today, my son and I saw X-Men: Days of Future Past, based on a much-loved X-Men story arc from the 80s. It starts in the not-so-distant future, when robots called Sentinels have hunted down nearly all mutants on Earth, and the few remaining X-Men… Continue Reading “Ranking the X-Men Movies”
What I’m Reading: Becoming Mr. October
So here’s my baseball book for this year: Becoming Mr. October, by Reggie Jackson. I saw it on the New Arrivals stand at the library and picked it right up. Reggie gives us a few chapters on growing up in a small town in… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Becoming Mr. October”
The Importance of Writing Groups Redux
I’ve written in the past about the importance for a writer of being in a writers group. In those posts, I mentioned four reasons to join a writers group: 1) Reading out loud in front of a group makes you try harder when you’re… Continue Reading “The Importance of Writing Groups Redux”
What I’m Reading: How to Write a Damn Good Novel
Like most of these how-to books, James N. Frey’s How to Write a Damn Good Novel has some good advice and some truly god-awful advice. The thing is, I bet a lot of writers who read this book say the same thing, only we’re talking… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: How to Write a Damn Good Novel”
What I’m Reading: The Reason I Jump
The Reason I Jump was written by Naoki Higashida, a thirteen-year-old Japanese boy with autism. Though unable to verbalize his thoughts in normal speech, his mother created something called the “alphabet grid” that allows him to communicate. He has both a keyboard version for typing… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Reason I Jump”
What I’m Reading: Grind Joint
Grind Joint is another Writers of Chantilly book, this one by long-time member Dana King. It’s a hard-boiled mystery about a good cop, “Doc” Dougherty, in Penns River, a once-prosperous but now dumpy industrial town. The title refers to the new casino in town–a grind… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Grind Joint”
What I’m Reading: A Journey to Self-Publishing
A Journey to Self-Publishing is another one by a member of the Writers of Chantilly. The author here is Kalyani Kurup, who gives us a brief (five chapters) but charming memoir of her experiences as a writer and her misadventures in the publishing world in India… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: A Journey to Self-Publishing”
