Brian Reeves

Category: writing

  • On Writer’s Block

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    So… both my undergraduate and graduate degrees were in Creative Writing. Not the most marketable degree in the world, for sure (argh) but I did learn some things about the writing process, and one of them came up today. I spent the last two days trying unsuccessfully to start Act 4 of a 7-act adventure…

  • Perfectionism

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    I spent three hours last night reading through the current draft of The Fires of Ra, which is heading off to the editor on Monday. Other than a few small issues, it’s mostly ready. However, I’m not ready. Reading through it I can see several things I’d have done differently if I wrote them today –…

  • Some Big News

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    I have two pieces of big news. First, I’m now being represented by Beth Marshea of Ladderbird Literary Agency! She will be looking for a home for my new novel, Sun Dogs, as well as handling my screenplays (I have one for my self-published novel, A Chant of Love and Lamentation, as well as The White…

  • Behind the Spark: “You Can’t Do That in Short Fiction!”

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    Behind the Spark: “You Can’t Do That in Short Fiction!” Brian Lewis, editor of Spark: A Creative Anthology, started a new series discussing his reasons for selecting certain stories for inclusion in his literary journal, and chose to feature “Her Fruitful Shore” for the first entry! He starts with an examination of my story’s approach…

  • ABNA Recap

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    Folks have been asking what happened at the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, which I attended in Seattle a couple of weeks ago. Here’s a synopsis of the trip. In the days leading up to the trip I was growing increasingly anxious, for two reasons. First, I knew I had to speak for several minutes about…