First draft of Bad Penny finished

By John Brown | August 7, 2012 - 4:20 pm |August 7, 2012 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

Folks, this book was a blast to write. I feel like I did when I wrote “Loose in the Wires.” Here are my stats. Pre-draft work: 135 hours First draft: 252 hours Total: 387 hours Words: 93,131 Words per hour for draft: 362 (holy crap, that’s glacier speed!) Chapters: 29 Words per chapter: ~3,100 I’m surprised at my drafting →

Spider-man, Dark Knight, Downton, and Brave

By John Brown | August 7, 2012 - 12:02 pm |August 7, 2012 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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The Amazing Spider-man The Amazing Spider-man is one of the most enjoyable superhero movies I’ve seen in the last ten, heck, fifteen years. It rocks. Is it as good as any in Christopher Nolan’s Batman series? Yes, but it never becomes dark. And in many ways I think it might be better. How about Iron →