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Aloha to all you authors out there in writing land. I hope your July is off to a good start. We have winners again, and you’ll each receive 10 Bamboo Bucks to spend in the BRP online store. Make sure to email [email protected] You’ll receive a code that you can use when you check out…
Scott Kikkawa is known for his nuanced characters and atmospheric settings spotlighting underrepresented people and places in his books. Follow along as Nicole explores some of the author’s dastardly descriptions in this breakdown of main characters from RED DIRT, the second book of Kikkawa’s noir series.
Hola, writers, I hope all is well in these strange times. Once again, winners will receive not 9, not 11, but 10 Bamboo Bucks to spend in the BRP online store. Send an email to [email protected] so you can receive a code to enter when you check out of the store. Easy, right? Here are…
Lanning Lee discusses ten random ideas about writing.
Hey, Happy May! Darrell and Eric said No to my idea about giving away cars again. They explained to me that because of the pandemic, there’s a car shortage, so if we gave away cars as prizes, we’d be putting too much pressure on the automobile industry to make more cars. Makes sense. So they…
Happy April to all of you, I hope you weren’t run over by any lions. I know how painful that can be. Here are the March winners. If you were trying to guess what the prize might be, hold your breath no longer. You each have won . . . drum roll . . ….
Ho! Lotta good stuff this month, yeah? The following hard-working writers win 10 Bamboo Bucks each. Darrell and Eric just picked ‘um, so fresh. You know what’s weird? For each 10 Bamboo Buck prize, they have to pick 11 Bucks. Why? It’s because each Buck shrinks once it comes off the magic Buck tree. That…
1. Get somebody to say something. Nobody here wants to say anything. Local people are too polite, too embarrassed, or too tough. Start prying some mouths open. 2. Money talks. Find the folks behind the scenes -valets, cocktail waitresses, bellhops and bartenders. They see a lot and work for tips. Grease them. 3. Bluff Information…
Hey, saying goodbye to the Year of the Ox with more winners in the January writing contest. All of the following have won 10 Bamboo Bucks to use, wisely, in the BRP online store. Just email [email protected] to get your code for checking out. Make sure to use your Bucks by the end of January….