Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
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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”
What I’m Reading: Red Flag Warning
A couple years ago somebody got me the book The Big Burn by Timothy Egan, because the person knew “I like history books.” At first this seemed like a terrible choice. Sure, I like history, but a book about a forest fire in Idaho a… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Red Flag Warning”
My 2014 Writing Resolutions
Okay, obviously I’m a little bit behind. Well, I did actually write these on 1 January, I just haven’t gotten around to posting them until now. 1) Maintain blog. Hmm, I seem to have fallen a little bit behind on this. This post is… Continue Reading “My 2014 Writing Resolutions”
What I’ve Been Reading: The Wonder of Girls
The Wonder of Girls, by Michael Gurian, is a companion book to one I read a couple years ago, The Wonder of Boys. The two books attempt to fill a gap in how our society understands the minds and behavior of girls and boys,… Continue Reading “What I’ve Been Reading: The Wonder of Girls”
What I’ve Been Eating: Sisters Thai
Alas, I have not been a good blogger this month! And I have stuff to post, too–reading and writing goals for the New Year, book reviews, etc. I’ll get to them another day. For tonight, I’d like to extol my favorite restaurant: Sisters Thai,… Continue Reading “What I’ve Been Eating: Sisters Thai”
What I’m Reading: Song of the Vikings
Song of the Vikings, by Nancy Marie Brown, gives us the story of Snorri Sturluson, a wealthy and powerful Icelandic landowner of the early 1200s who at one point was as close as Iceland ever got to a native king. He lived a full and… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Song of the Vikings”
What I’m Reading: Cultural Amnesia
In an earlier post, I discussed a book I described as a “Shortcut to Smartness,” by which I meant a book that so expands your knowledge and understanding in so many areas that it is like a college course in and of itself. Here… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Cultural Amnesia”
