Tag: holiday

• some moments of rest and joy

  

  How’s 2022 so far? I keep writing “2021” when I’m dating things – that’s normal right? Time is even more wonky this year. In any case, hope you all had a gentle and lovely holiday. We were very lucky to spend a couple days with family, and to visit my favourite place in the world […]

  Brittni Brinn

  January 3, 2022

  publishing, reading, short story, the patch project, writing

  2022, an ecotopian lexicon, author, beta reads, books, climate change, community, creativity, essays, fiction, holiday, new year, novel, ocean, post-apocalyptic, snow from a distant sky, the patch project, writing

• holiday offer

  

  Announcing a special holiday offer! It’s my first winter on the east coast, and so I wanted to do a little something to thank the folks who buy my books from near and far away! The offer is this: order a copy of A Place That Used to Be from me, and receive a photo […]

  Brittni Brinn

  November 26, 2021

  events, sequel, Uncategorized

  a place that used to be, author, book gift, books, brittni brinn, creativity, fiction, free, holiday, novel, photo, post-apocalyptic, sarah kivell, SFF, special offer, the patch project, writing

• chapter 1

  

  After the word-writing frenzy of National Novel Writing Month in November, I took a week off to recharge and do all the things I put off while working on my NaNoWriMo project. But now, I’m back, and am super excited to share the first chapter of my novel, The Patch Project, with you! The Patch […]

  Brittni Brinn

  December 7, 2020

  reading, the patch project

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• most wonderful time

  

  It seems like the holidays are happening earlier this year as we all look for ways to make this current global season a little bit brighter! Christmas lights are going up, carols are playing in the grocery store, and masks are starting to sport festive patterns. Calls to shop local and support small businesses are […]

  Brittni Brinn

  November 27, 2020

  Uncategorized

  artist, community, free, holiday, local businesses, share resources, support local, support small, yqg

• grand adventure

  

  Oh where to start! I feel like this month has flown by – at the same time, how is it December already? The Fall Book Crawl (November 23, 2019) was a grand adventure. Fellow author Ben Van Dongen gave my husband and I a ride to the Tecumseh library – quite a trek, if you […]

  Brittni Brinn

  December 11, 2019

  events, writing

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• festive times

  

  It’s the last Patch Project appearance of 2018! I’ll be running a vendor table at The Green Bean Festive Market, happening this Saturday, December 8th from 11:00 – 5:00 pm. Drop by, say hi, and enter the free draw for a chance to win a signed copy of The Patch Project! There will be buttons […]

  Brittni Brinn

  December 3, 2018

  events, reading, writing

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