Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Category: Uncategorized
Background research required?
So I’ve been having a fairly unproductive past week or ten days in writing my current WiP. Partially due to a great number of financial and automotive problems that have required my attention, but mostly, I think, because I really wasn’t sure where the story… Continue Reading “Background research required?”
What I’m Reading: Marvel Comics The Untold Story
Sean Howe has written this extensively researched history of Marvel Comics, from its origins around 1940 as a quick cash-in on a fad by publisher Martin Goodman to the present day. He conducted more than a hundred interviews for the book and read seemingly every fanzine… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Marvel Comics The Untold Story”
Hurricane Brings Rain, Extreme Laziness
With some out-of-town guests last weekend, the hurricane the last couple days, and Halloween coming up, I have gotten nothing done on my WiP for several days. Those scary movies won’t watch themselves! I have been doing a lot of reading, so I’ll have… Continue Reading “Hurricane Brings Rain, Extreme Laziness”
What I’m Reading: Just Write Here’s How
Children’s author Walter Dean Myers has had over 100 books published. He grew up in Harlem and his writing tends to take an inner city perspective, although he’s also written fantasy, non-fiction, and other types of books. This book is basically a description of… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Just Write Here’s How”
What I’m Reading: Rare Beasts
Rare Beasts, a children’s book by Charles Ogden, concerns Edgar and Ellen, twins who live more or less by themselves in a big house out on the edge of town. The twins have rather nasty dispositions and the only thing they enjoy more than… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Rare Beasts”
The Importance of the Next Project
Sometimes I hear about writers who’ve been working on the same novel for years. To me, that seems counterproductive. No doubt you should polish your book to as high a sheen as you can, but after you’ve done that, tinkering with it for years… Continue Reading “The Importance of the Next Project”
Query letter
So I did some editing on the hook for my query letter. The old one wasn’t inaccurate, exactly, but I think in tone it conveyed Dani as being something of a Bad Girl, and the plot as being a little grimmer than what it really is. Here’s… Continue Reading “Query letter”
Favorite author at different ages
I was thinking about different favorite authors I’ve had in my life, and how that has changed over time. The first author I remember as a favorite was Robert O’Brien, author of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Not that I knew his… Continue Reading “Favorite author at different ages”
