Month: November 2017

  • Movies First & Weekly Writing Prompts

    Movies First I think most readers will agree that it’s rare when a movie based on a book is better than the book. It’s because a movie has to condense so much story into such a relatively short amount of time that scenes have to be cut or abridged, and a lot of the detail…

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  • Reading Westerns & Weekly Writing Prompts

    BSB News I know the quarterly newsletter is late – my apologies. What with NaNoWriMo and trying to get things organized for potential holiday releases, I kind of got a little behind. Look for this quarter’s newsletter sometime in December, and hopefully there will be some fun announcements included! Reading Westerns with Grandpa When I…

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  • Reading Habits & Weekly Writing Prompts

    Don’t you just love fall? I just love to see the yellows and browns and reds take over, flittering to the ground and then crunching so deliciously underfoot as you wade through them on your way to…wherever. The crisp autumn air, the cooler nights and moderate days, the hint of snow on the breeze if…

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  • Discussing Books & Weekly Writing Prompts

    Discussing Books Do you talk about the books you read with other people? There are only a couple of people I discuss books with on a regular basis, but my mom is in a couple different book clubs she seems to enjoy. I’ve been in book clubs before, but I don’t typically read all that…

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  • Happy Birthday to…Me!

    Prompt word of the week: Birthday! Do you know your character’s birthday? How do they like to celebrate? I will be turning 50 this coming Friday, which is quite exciting, I think. And Brazen Snake Books is turning 15 this year, which is also something to celebrate. This got me wondering about the birthdays of…

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