Being a Writer, redux

I've been trying for quite some time to turn my wordsmithery to coin, and as my work-gnarled hands run rampant across the small but responsive keyboard of my gen-1 chromebook, I'm beginning to feel... Rumpelstiltskin-ish. I'm trying desperately to weave straw into gold here, but I feel I lack the Goblin's grim magics.

I've spoken before about raw sexuality of business cards, but if I could be brutally honest, I've been thinking about printing up some that simply say "B.C. Brantley, Author. Buy my damn books already." but I think that would be sending the wrong message. I mean, I really do want people to read my books, I think they're swell, but more than that, I want people to get why I'm writing them. I dig stories, I dig telling them and I love reading them. I write, because I want to be a part of this massive, temporal telepathy that we call writing. I love books, so I write them. I want to add to the ever-growing library of fiction. Its important to me, so I want to be a part of it.

Game Journalism

I'm the News Team Lead and Community Manager for GamingUnraveled.com, this is a huge step for me and I just wanted to thank everyone involved.

Business Cards

I don't know how much Hollywood has sexed up the business card industry, but thanks in no small part to Vistaprint.com this writer now gets to be one of "those people". We all know what people I'm referring to, the people mingling at social gatherings, mouth agape, almost drooling over the wait for the perfect opportunity to say something like "I'm Britain Brantley, Keyboard for Hire, here's my card." with just a hint of pretension. I'm of the mindset that having a business card really validates a persons' operation and while I could be in the wrong there, those Wall Street Yuppies can't all be wrong. I really do feel this grand sense of general accomplishment having ordered and received some two-hundred-odd little brown pieces of card-stock with my name and email on them. Maybe its the psychosomatic effects of seeing one's name in print, but I like to believe its something greater, I like to at least pretend that what I'm feeling is a disturbing quantity of long-term clientele coming my way. I know that I have  a lot of work still to do before this business starts to really take off, but I'm starting to believe its a reality and not some silly fantasy.

 I really think they turned out wonderfully, but I suppose Elizabeth Flanagan has a lot to do with that.

She also took these great photographs (credit where credit is due and all that)

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Hi there, I'm Britain Brantley, Keyboard for hire.

I'm a freelance writer, essayist, blogger and collegian. I'm creating this page to advertise my services as such. Please feel free to contact me, browse the ever-growing collection of writing samples and essays, or even just share this page with anyone who might be looking for a little professional writing. I can meet almost anyone's needs and am always happy to answer questions and discuss jobs or job-like activities.