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Derek Robert Brown

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Reader - Aspiring Author - Writer He/Him Currently Querying: There Is No Blood

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Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · May 9

My debut novel "Death Plays the Guitar" is now available for purchase on Amazon and Kindle! - When Death is silenced, the dead can’t move on. A haunted world, a stolen guitar, and two women trying to set things right—if they can trust the truth they’ve been given - a.co/d/ezowtUj

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Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Sep 30

I JUST finished Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid and I had to come here and write about it because there is a line at the end that made me put it down because I was ugly crying alone on the couch

My first TJR read but not my last. What a beautiful book

#BookSky 📚💙 #Taylorjenkinsreid

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Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Sep 30

Earlier this week I read Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

A fun Hollywood romance and light read.

I’m enjoying these trips into the romance section more and more.

#BookSky 📚💙

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Sep 11

Finally making my way through Dark Age after a break from Red Rising - Didn’t realize how much I’ve missed Darrow

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Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Sep 5

This week I read Bunny by Mona Awad

Heathers meets The Secret History meets Weird Science

There are so many things I can say about this book but I’ll settle for this

Mona Awad writes the kind of stunning prose that makes me wonder if I’ll ever create something as beautiful.

4/5 ⭐️s

💙📚

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Aug 23

I’ve received several DMs and emails pretending to offer a boost or big break to my writing career.

I believe in the kindness of strangers, but it seems that there is no short supply of people attempting to take advantage of hopeful writers.

Be careful, everyone

#writesky #writingcommunity 📚💙

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Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Aug 18

This week I read The Secret History by Donna Tartt

There’s so much I can say about this book but what sticks with me is how Tartt manages to justify murder as the only option her characters have and just like them I didn’t question it until it was too late.

Great read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚💙 #BookSky

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Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jul 31

This week, on a recommendation from my sister, I read Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld.

A fun time that was incredibly well paced and so so difficult to put down

⭐️⭐️⭐️-1/2

#BookSky 📚💙

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Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jul 23

This week I finally caught up on the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by finishing This Inevitable Ruin.

I’m so amazed at what Matt Dinniman has created with this series - the first book was an incredible delight and they just keep getting better.

#BookSky 📚💙
#DungeonCrawlerCarl
#PrincessPosse

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Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 26

There Is No Blood - My dark comedy about a woman who experiences a downward spiral of depression and anxiety when she learns that her high school sweetheart turned ex-boyfriend has published a novel about their relationship - is out to alpha readers!
So excited! 📚💙
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 22

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 20

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Rick O’Connell

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 21

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 19

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Elle Woods

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 21

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 18

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Paul Atreides

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 19

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 17

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Shiv Roy

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 18

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 16

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Will Turner

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 17

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 15

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Annalise Keating

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 17

My man

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Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 16

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - a classic that I’ve never gotten around to

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 16

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 14

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Oberyn Martell

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 15

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 13

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Bella Baxter

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 14

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 12

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Jean-Luc Picard

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 14

Today I received my first rating on Goodreads from a stranger who found my book. What a wonderful feeling. 📚💙 #BookSky #WriterSky #Writing

www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Death Plays The Guitar

“There has to be someone, Malcolm. Someone who turns of…

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Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 13

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 11

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Elaine Benes

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 12

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 10

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Inigo Montoya

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 11

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 9

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Elizabeth Bennet

Derek Robert Brown @derekrobertbrown.bsky.social · Jun 11

Choose 20 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS who you would invite to a Dinner Party. 1 character per day for 20 days.

Day 8

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Peeta Mellark