Where the stories come from - a look at my writing process
I've talked about this before, but it comes up time and again. People always want to know where the stories I write come from. What's...
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Bryan W. Alaspa
- Feb 24, 2019
- 3 min
Guest Post: Poet Scott Norman
Scott Norman is the kind of a guy you often see called a "bear of a man." Hes tall. He's big. Everything about him is bigger than life....
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Bryan W. Alaspa
- Feb 27, 2018
- 4 min
The journey to S.P.I.D.A.R.
One of the questions I as an author get asked a lot is - where do you get your story ideas? I have talked about my latest horror book...
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Bryan W. Alaspa
- Jan 29, 2018
- 4 min
When the books get hard to write
So, the big news, I guess I should lead with, is that I have officially started writing the third novel in the Elementals YA series. This...
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Bryan W. Alaspa
- Sep 20, 2017
- 4 min
The depression of finishing a novel
Over the weekend I saw a 60 Minutes piece where they interviewed the legendary spy author John le Carre. I have not read any of his...
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Bryan W. Alaspa
- Jun 22, 2017
- 3 min
When Your Own Story Scares You
So, I have finished a first draft of another novel this year. That means, in the span of less than a year, I have drafted three novels....
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Bryan W. Alaspa
- Sep 19, 2016
- 3 min
Inside the Mind: TEXT
Where did the story for TEXT come from? More than anything we writers probably get asked where we get our ideas. I have written before...
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Bryan W. Alaspa
- May 2, 2016
- 3 min
Avoiding Genre and How I Ended Up Writing a Vampire Story Anyway
I complain a lot in my life about how I am not yet a full time author. You can ask my wife who bears the brunt of my whining and...
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Bryan W. Alaspa
- Apr 7, 2016
- 3 min
How Do You Write a Novel
It's one of the questions that you get asked when you tell someone that you are a writer and that you write books, a lot more often than...
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Bryan W. Alaspa
- Mar 31, 2016
- 2 min
When Your Own Writing Disturbs You
It doesn't happen often. Usually when I start writing, I have at least some idea where the story is going to go. Although I believe that...
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