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R.M.F. Brown

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A writer for over ten years, R.M.F.Brown's works include 'Death to Love,' 'Dr Acula's book of horror,' 'The Painter of Guernica,' and 'A Rat's War. He has had stories and reviews published in a diverse range of publications from Spiked Magazine to Stalking Elk, Cassiopeia Magazine to the Weekly News. He has also been published in Paragraph Planet, and his work has featured on the Cult of Me web blog. His influences include Michael Moorcock, Stephen King, Ian Botham, Fred Dibnah, Field Marshal Montgomery, and Alfred Bester.

A historian, poet, film critic, and cartographer, R.M.F.Brown is a multi-genre author who dabbles in Fantasy, Sci-fi, Horror, and Historical Fiction.



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Average rating: 3.6 · 15 ratings · 6 reviews · 4 distinct works
A Rat's War

4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013
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Death to love

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012
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Dr. Acula's book of horror

2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011
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A simple guide to creating characters

What do a parrot, an eye patch, and a wooden leg have in common? Pirates? No, cheap and easy ways to create instant characters.
It always amazes me when creative writing courses talk about giving 'depth' to your characters as though they were submarines. They talk of emotions and complexity. Pants to that I say!

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Published on March 12, 2013 06:15 Tags: advice, creative-writing

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