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Jul 24
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 11
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 sp...

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WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW (RESEARCH WHAT YOU DON'T)

Andrew J Brandt

May 5
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
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 s...

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Book Review: Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

Andrew J Brandt

Jan 10
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 n...

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BOOK REVIEW: The Institute by Stephen King

Andrew J Brandt

Dec 4, 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 the...

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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, inc...

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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 a...

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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 mid-J...

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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 to...

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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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Andrew J Brandt

Jul 24
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 11
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 sp...

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