<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="WordPress/2.9.2" -->
<rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>John Brown - the author's official site</title>
	<link>http://johndbrown.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:06:52 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	
	<item>
		<title>Servant of a Dark God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Servant of a Dark God
Check it Out!
Read Chapter 1 Now!
Read Synopsis &#38; Reviews
          
Live in Utah or western Wyoming? Get the best deal at select Smith&#8217;s grocery stores while limited supplies last. 

]]></description>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/02/servant-of-a-dark-god/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interview with The Man Monday night
Dungeon Crawlers Radio interviews The Man Monday, March 8th at 10:30 PM MTN. You can listen live or to the archive they&#8217;ll post to their site. All brought to you by UtahFM. Malak and Revan are great guys. I had a blast with them.
Cool facts on breaking in, advances, etc. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/03/news/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Radiolab&#8217;s &#8220;Parasites&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Radio and TV have incredible power. But until the last decade they were always constrained by time and signal power. You had to listen when the station broadcast it, and you had to listen where you could pick up the signal. 
Living out in the boonies we don&#8217;t get good radio or TV reception (no I don&#8217;t subscribe to satellite). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/02/radiolabs-parasites/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>&#8220;The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination&#8221; by J.K. Rowling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is J. K. Rowling&#8217;s 2008 Harvard commencement speech, &#8220;The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination.&#8221; It&#8217;s one of the best speeches I&#8217;ve ever heard. Watch and then watch again. Read the full text here.

Two quotes that in no way can do justice to the whole thing.
And so rock bottom became the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/02/the-fringe-benefits-of-failure-and-the-importance-of-imagination-by-j-k-rowling/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>How to Write a Story that Rocks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Folks, a huge thanks goes to Stephen Nelson for putting all this together. You may kiss his hand when you see him.
This is a recording of &#8220;How to Write a Story that Rocks,&#8221; a two-hour seminar Larry Correia and I just put on at the annual BYU&#8217;s Life, The Universe, &#38; Everything symposium. I think we had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/02/how-to-write-a-story-that-rocks/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>&#8220;The Art of Suspense&#8221; by Ken Follett</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard this a few years ago and LOVED it. Ken Follett is a master of suspense. Notice how he starts by talking about the emotion produced in the reader and getting readers emotionally involved in a story. He knows exactly what effect he&#8217;s trying to product. He also talks about how to determine whether an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/02/the-art-of-suspense-by-ken-follett/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Writing tips from Best Seller Debbie Macomber</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this today and thought of the assignments I give in my workshops. Look at what this hugely popular writer did to learn and focus her craft:

Knew what she liked and followed HER passions (she knew what rocked her).
Took 4 books she loved and broke them down to look for patterns she could use. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/02/writing-tips-from-best-seller-debbie-macomber/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Smith&#8217;s grocery update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so SERVANT is still in Smith&#8217;s. Get them before they&#8217;re gone. If you were thinking of purchasing, now&#8217;s the time (and let&#8217;s hope the trial run is a success and they take it national in their stores). They have it cheaper than anywhere else in the Utah area. I think it&#8217;s $17 or $19. That&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/02/smiths-update/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Handout to &#8220;How to Write a Story that Rocks&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had an absolute BLAST with Larry and the audience at LTUE. I think the workshop went very well for the first time. Of course, I&#8217;m going to make some tweaks. Paul Genesse had some interesting feedback and I&#8217;ll have to see if I can&#8217;t do more with character. Two hours is such a short period [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/02/handout-to-how-to-write-a-story-that-rocks/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Why we should treat schools like movie theaters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a slightly altered version of a letter I just sent to my state senator, state congressman, and local school board members. The Utah House is discussing HJR3: Joint Resolution on Teacher Performance Pay, which sounds wonderful but fails to address the heart of the issue. Furthermore, it appears to open the gates to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/02/treat-schools-like-movie-theaters/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
