Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: Writers of Chantilly
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: 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”
New anthology available: Etched in Memory
Readers of this blog are surely aware that I’m a member of a very active writing group, the Writers of Chantilly. What they may not know is that this year I edited the group’s annual anthology, which just in the past week became available… Continue Reading “New anthology available: Etched in Memory”
Again With the Importance of Writing Groups
So I was on vacation last week, and the week before that was just crazy, and maybe the week before that I’d been kind of lazy. But for whatever reason, I hadn’t written in my WiP for three weeks. I was really dreading getting… Continue Reading “Again With the Importance of Writing Groups”
New Book Out: Nana…and Other Grandmothers
The Writers of Chantilly have their (nearly) annual collection out: Nana…and Other Grandmothers. The various writers in the WoC have contributed stories based on the theme of Grandmothers. One of those writers is me!My contribution is titled “The Price of Gas.” Here’s the tag… Continue Reading “New Book Out: Nana…and Other Grandmothers”
