About Brian
I'm a writer of YA novels. I've published two: MY ROAD TRIP TO THE PRETTY GIRL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD and WONDERS OF THE WORLD. I will have a third come out with Candlewick in 2010 titled ALIEN INVASION AND OTHER INCONVENIENCES. I live and work in Austin, Texas.
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| 4/23/2016 | One Simple Way to Help You Write Better Fiction(language) (0 Comments )
I think the tell and show problem happens because in the throes of creation we're grasping for main points of action and reaction and variations of them. We want to get them down before we lose them. I do this. A lot.So what happens is we get the... Read the rest of this post |
| 4/1/2016 | (0 Comments )
Once I know the ending, and sometimes this takes me a while, a draft even, I can start figuring out how to design my novel. I need to know where I'm going to know how to get there, to make every scene work toward that destination. Endings, so... Read the rest of this post |
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Books 1 - 4 of 6 from Brian's published works, View all 6 books Click a book's title for more details about the book | |||||
| 1. Utopia, Iowa (Hardcover) Author: Brian Yansky Publisher: Candlewick |
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02/10/2015 Add | |||
| 39 Reviews | |||||
| 2. Alien Invasion and Other Inconveniences (Hardcover) Author: Brian Yansky Publisher: Candlewick |
Young Adults |
10/12/2010 Add | |||
| 106 Reviews | |||||
| 3. Wonders of the World (Hardcover) Author: Brian Yansky Publisher: Flux |
Young Adults |
06/08/2007 Add | |||
| 6 Reviews | |||||
| 4. My Road Trip to the Pretty Girl Capital of the World (Hardcover) Author: Brian Yansky Publisher: Cricket Books |
Young Adults |
09/10/2003 Add | |||
| 5 Reviews | |||||
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