HeyJaredBrian McBride
✨ there is power in story ✨ ✍🏼 Adventure & Mystery Writer 📚 TYRANT releasing 5.6.25
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Revealing the cover of my Modern Pirate Adventure Novel, Devilfish (opens the original)
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Hello, friends!In 2021, I set out to write a Young Adult Fossil Hunting Adventure book, which eventually evolved into a four-book series. By the time I set out to write the fourth and final book in said series (The Mammoth Adventures), I realized one side character’s story had only just begun. Read more
Why are we so afraid to let stories hurt? (opens the original)
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Ten years ago, I watched Dead Poets Society (1989) for the first time. Yesterday, I watched it again for the second time. And I bawled like an absolute baby at the end. This article isn’t intended to be a review of the film, but I firmly believe that it may well be one of the greatest films ever made. Not just because of the superb acting, or the stunning cinematography, but chiefly because Dead Poets Society has what many modern films today do not: something to say.Humanity is more than duty, o
Writing Update: Finishing what I started & Starting over... (opens the original)
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Hello, friends! It’s been a few weeks, so I figured it’s time for a good ol’ fashioned writing update. I will try to keep this one short and sweet, but I’ll be talking about the Mammoth Kickstarter, Devilfish status, and plans for A Flame in the North and its spinoff, Silver in the Eyes. Read more
The Artistry of a Story (opens the original)
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I’ve never considered myself an artist. For years, I’ve watched as my illustrator and graphic designer friends bring their stories to life with great skill and care. They know what they’re doing. They’ve put in the time and the practice—endless, painful hours to become the artists they are today.“I wish I could do that,” I would think to myself. Sure, I tried my hand at illustration. I watched the YouTube tutorials and learned a few things about perspective. I practiced just long enough to attai
My Breakup with “Clean Fiction” (opens the original)
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I have a bone to pick with the idea of “Clean Fiction.” Now, before you hear something I’m not saying, this post is in no way meant to be an attack against the concept of “Clean Fiction.” Nor is this meant to be one of those posts outlining all the ways I’ve lowered my standards or strayed from my faith by glorifying, romanticizing, or normalizing sin in my storytelling. Rather, my decision over the course of the past year or two to distance myself from the sort of “Clean Fiction” movement that
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