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Archive for the 'Don' Category

Barbados Heat Is On Kindle

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Congratulate me. Finally, I got Barbados Heat, my second book, up on Kindle. For $2.99! Publishers control the other 7 books and their price, but I’ve got Barbados Heat so $2.99 seemed like a good price point.
Sue Grafton said “Don Bruns has carved out his turf…sex, drugs, rock and roll and murder. [...]

Jamaica Blue

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

St. Martin’s Press tells me that they are finally going to put my first novel (2001) on Kindle. I’ve written 11 books since then, several short stories, and read hundreds of novels, so even though that book holds a lot of wonderful memories, I have to admit that I don’t remember a lot about [...]

Robert Parker

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

It seems everyone is blogging about the death of Robert Parker, one of the most prolific writers in modern times. I’m joining in. Parker’s Spenser and Jesse Stone novels sold millions of copies and the characters were immortalized not only on page but in television series.
I met Parker five years ago at a conference in [...]

Facebook

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

I signed up for Facebook because every author I know is also on the site. Maybe they know something I don’t know…like thousands of people will see my profile, my witty weekly offering, and buy my books?
Nah. That didn’t happen. What did happen is that people I don’t know want to be [...]

PW…what now?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Publisher’s Weekly gave me a great review in their early September edition. Now I don’t know what to do. For my November release of Stuff To Spy For, they used words like Crazy, Wacky, and “laugh out loud moments.” And that’s exactly what I was going for. So what do I do? [...]

Vacation?

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Are you taking a vacation this year? I know some people who are staying home. The economy, you know. And I totally understand that we all are doing with less these days. Or maybe we have the same or more, but we’re conserving our money. Finally saving some it. [...]

Special?

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

What makes a book special to you? What makes it stand out?
After years of book discussions with readers, I still find it interesting as to what elements a book has to have to give it a special place in someone’s library.
Jay, who writes a blog on this site, says he wants a [...]

Got Twitter?

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Twitter anyone?
I’m just getting my feet wet…or my tweeter twitted, or something like that. If you log on to Twitter.com, and check out donbrunsbooks, you can see my daily two sentence blog about where I am, what I’m doing and random thoughts.
Who cares?
So far, without really reaching out, [...]

Where Do You Get Your Ideas

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Most authors dislike the question ‘Where do you get your ideas?’. I mean, it’s like asking a person ‘where do you get your food?’. It’s all around you. At a restaurant, in a grocery store, on the vine, in the trees…
Authors get their ideas everywhere. Newspapers, on a plane, from a [...]

Happy Birthday Edgar

Monday, January 19th, 2009

January 19, 1809, the father of the modern mystery was born in Boston. 200 years have passed, and still the accolades roll in. Edgar Allen Poe waxed poetically about the Raven, The Masque Of The Red Death, The Bells, The Telltale Heart, and The Murders In The Rue Morgue.
Yesterday I had the opportunity [...]