Ask the Author: E.R. Brown
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E.R. Brown
Join a writing circle, where you share work with others. It's really helpful to get early feedback. And read lots. Read outside your genre. (You're probably already reading books in your genre. You've got to do that too.) Don't try to get on the bandwagon of what's popular! In most cases, by the time a book hits the shelves it's already two years since the writer sold it... so whatever bandwagon you might want to jump onto, it left the station long ago.
E.R. Brown
I have two projects on the go. My front-burner project is in the home stretch—the first draft, at least! It’s a crime novel that involves eco-terrorism and oil pipelines and human trafficking, and crossed wires between the FBI, Homeland Security and our hero, a female investigator. Her sidekick is Ivan, the undercover agent in Almost Criminal. This project has sent me to the library and on the road for research. I’ve spoken to an environmental scientist and a couple of RCMP officers, and chatted online with young men who work the oil patch.
The back-burner project is a historical novel/coming-of-age story set in the remote north woods during the Great Depression. It’s a first-person story told from the point of view of a twelve-year-old as his family unravels. It’s currently novella length, and I have plans to take it to new places once I can get back to it.
The back-burner project is a historical novel/coming-of-age story set in the remote north woods during the Great Depression. It’s a first-person story told from the point of view of a twelve-year-old as his family unravels. It’s currently novella length, and I have plans to take it to new places once I can get back to it.
E.R. Brown
I'm a full time career writer (not always a fiction writer but always a writer). If I have writer's block, I have income block. It's a very effective way of avoiding writer's block.
E.R. Brown
I like to tell a story, it’s as simple as that. I love the idea of pulling an idea out of nowhere and then putting it into someone else’s head. Writing, and then reading… it’s a strange kind of magic.
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