Andrew J Brandt
Why I've Stopped Buying Books
There are few places that I frequent more often than the bookstore. At least once a week, I like to take a trip to one of my local...
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Andrew J Brandt
- May 5, 2022
- 1 min
Book Review: Black Bear Lake by Leslie Liautaud
Thank you Leslie Liautaud and Blue Handle Publishing for the ARC of Black Bear Lake. It took me a few days after finishing this novel to...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Join my ARC Team!
My next book is on the horizon, and I want to give YOU the first chance to read it. That's why I'm starting an ARC Team. Which means YOU...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Nov 22, 2021
- 5 min
Top 10 Books of 2021 - Part 2
Last week, I shared the first part of this list, my favorite books of 2021. Again, this list is purely subjective and may not properly...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
Top 10 Books of 2021 - Part 1
Andrew J Brandt shares his Top 10 favorite books of the year, starting with 10-6.
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Andrew J Brandt
- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
Deleted Scene from THE UNWINDING CABLE CAR
When I wrote The Unwinding Cable Car during the winter/spring of 2020, I was really trying to stretch my writerly muscles, to do some...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Jul 24, 2020
- 12 min
Excerpt from THE UNWINDING CABLE CAR
Below is the first chapter of my upcoming novel, The Unwinding Cable Car. It is available for preorder and will release Nov 17th wherever...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Jul 10, 2020
- 3 min
My 5 favorite books of 2020 (so far)
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the things we've done in past years to take up our leisure time—going to the movies, watching...
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Andrew J Brandt
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW (RESEARCH WHAT YOU DON'T)
)Originally published on www.ricktreon.com on May 5th, 2020) WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW Then research the things you don’t. By Andrew J Brandt I...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Feb 26, 2020
- 7 min
A Sneak Peek at PALO DURO: A THRILLER
PROLOGUE RACHEL HERNANDEZ KNEW she was in trouble. As the sun sank just below the horizon line, the night air cooling to the point that...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
Book Review: Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
Stephen Chbosky was, at least I thought, one of those "one-novel" guys. He's a director, a screenwriter and author of the coming-of-age...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
BOOK REVIEW: The Institute by Stephen King
If you'd ever turned on AM radio at night, you may have come across Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell. When I was younger, I discovered...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Nov 29, 2019
- 3 min
Books to Gift this Holiday Season
Before we start, let's address the elephant in the room. Yes, I totally stole this blog post idea from Andrew Monroe. Now that we've got...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Nov 20, 2019
- 4 min
Author Interview: Rick Treon
Back in September, I got to present at a couple of panels at Hub City Comic Con in Lubbock, TX alongside some really amazing authors,...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Nov 12, 2019
- 5 min
AN EXCERPT FROM IN THE FOG
CHAPTER 5 GRANT | 9:10AM THE LITTLE BOY in the backseat talked to himself and played with two action figures in his hands as Grant drove...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Nov 11, 2019
- 2 min
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: ANDREW MONROE
I walk into Urbana Coffee Works on South Coulter to the smell and sounds of a mid-day coffee shop in full bloom. Students sit dispersed...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Nov 11, 2019
- 2 min
Leuchtturm1917 A5 Notebook Review
For as long as I can remember, I've been Journal Guy, keeping a Moleskine notebook around for random jots of ideas, thoughts, snippets of...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
Why I Chose to Self-Publish
When I decided I wanted to write a novel in the winter of 2018, I didn't know that I would have two books finished and published by...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Nov 5, 2019
- 2 min
1000 True Fans
I met with a friend and fellow creative in my city, Derek Porterfield (Petrichor Company), over coffee the other day and we got on the...
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Andrew J Brandt
- Oct 30, 2019
- 2 min
IN THE FOG - A few words
When I first started writing IN THE FOG, I started with the germ of an idea: what would happen if a guy woke up one morning to find that...
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