Author: Dan
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How a Phone can be a Writer’s Worst Enemy
Do you have a smartphone? That’s really a silly question. What decade am I living in? Being a sci-fi writer, I’m not so sure. The dystopia within the utopia we live in is rooted in our pockets, I’m pretty sure, unless you have one of those giant phones that won’t fit in your pockets. Then…
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How to Track Your Writing With a Spreadsheet
Happy New Year! It’s resolutions time, and I thought I would share a little bit about what I’m doing to optimize my writing process this month with Google Sheets. I would use Excel but this project doesn’t call for anything fancy. Why a spreadsheet? Can’t you just write a thousand words a day and call…
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Apologies for Email Blast
Hello Readers, I sincerely apologize for the 1 AM spam. We’ve got some website construction going on and an imported theme treated place holder posts as new blog articles and sent them out. Please ignore the last 7 or so emails and stay tuned for more updates on upcoming books and stories. Humbly, Daniel Bradley
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Triangle Story: What’s Fair
What’s Fair by Daniel Bradley “Yep, it’s him,” Fred drawled, dropping the blind and stepping away from the window. Ellen felt an invisible insect the size of her scalp find a grip under her hair, tightening the muscles and sending unfriendly chills down her spine that found access to her gut. “Get back from the…
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New Book Announcement
Hi friends, Dan here. Sorry it’s been a minute since the last post. I’ve had a lot going on, but it would be too professional of me to make excuses, so here’s just a little apology, AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT. Nice, all caps. Now I feel like JK Rowling. Jk Jk. So what’s the announcement? I’ve…
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7 of Cheap Flip-Flop
My tennis shoes feel like fat barnacles on the pier legs in air like this. There’s an old man selling flip-flops from a small shop that’s probably been here for a long time. Ten dollars. In Santa Monica Beach that probably means they’re worth two. Yeah, sure why not. They’re comfortable and feel appropriate for…
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Listening vs. Reading: Having the Best Experience with a Novel
Are you an audiobook listener, an e-reader, a paperback page turner? Or a mix of all three? Personally, I still prefer paperbacks for my ideal story absorbtion. The other day, while on a walk with my dog, I discussed a bit why I prefer reading without audible narration for optimal reader and author collaboration. The…
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There Was Fire
By Daniel Bradley (this story is also posted on my profile at medium.com) This story was originally published on Medium Ty kept blowing on it, little sparks rising from the shouldering kindling as it licked the sticks, each growing in thickness in a small pyramid he crafted to be the night’s campfire. ”You got it…
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Pavlov’s Sleep: An Army Story
County Boy and I had signed up for the same vacation package. Our travel agents were different, but they worked for the same company. That company was a scam, almost as big of a scam as the tattoo artist that gave County Boy the name that would follow him from Alabama all the way to…
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Use of Syncretism in the Language of Song of Kardu
Well, we’re continuing our little series here about some of my process in the writing of Song of Kardu. I don’t want to give away all trade secrets because too much transparency can ruin a good escape, but I’d love to address the idea behind Cash and Yora’s ancestral language Joropa. You see, once upon…
