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Alicia Brown

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Author: Alicia Brown

Freedom Dreamers book cover
advice, e-books, novel, publishing, reading, writing

10 Ways to Support Your Favorite Indie Authors

As an independently published author with my first novel due out next month, I have been so grateful for the outpouring of support from my friends (thank you so much; you all are amazing!). Some extra-awesome peeps have even asked […]

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019by Alicia Brown
e-books, historical fiction, news, novel, publishing, writing, YA

What I’ve Been Up To, Book Launch and Blog News!

Happy April! This month marks four years since I started recapping the Prydain series on this blog, and in that time, my life has changed a great deal. I started the “Prydain project” to fill my soul with joy as […]

April 2, 2019August 4, 2019by Alicia Brown
memoir, reading

What I’m Reading: Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite

My friend Jen clipped this from Seventeen magazine for me. I’ve been a passionate fan of The Who since I was in high school: when all of my peers were swooning over the New Kids on the Block, I was […]

March 7, 2019August 4, 2019by Alicia Brown
historical fiction, reading

What I’m Reading: Another Brooklyn

I recently joined a book club — a phenomenal group of women that I feel privileged to know! — and this month’s selection was “Another Brooklyn” by Jacqueline Woodson. It’s a short book and can be read very quickly, but […]

February 18, 2019August 4, 2019by Alicia Brown
prydain recaps

The High King, Chapter 21 – Farewells

Taran stays awake the rest of the night in silent thought, and whenever Taran spends a night in silent thought, I know he’s going to make a decision I’m not happy with. In the morning, everyone is preparing for the […]

December 31, 2018April 15, 2019by Alicia Brown
prydain recaps

The High King, Chapter 20 – The Gift

We fast-forward through the journey home: the Sons of Don bear Taran and his companions to Avren harbor aboard their golden ships, “with Kaw proudly perched on the highest mast,” and then they ride beneath the banner of the White […]

December 31, 2018April 15, 2019by Alicia Brown
prydain recaps

The High King, Chapter 19 – The Death-Lord (Part 2)

Welcome back! Before the break in this action-packed chapter of The High King, Taran had just tried – and failed – to kill Arawn. He runs into the Great Hall where the rest of his companions are, “crying the warning […]

November 17, 2018April 15, 2019by Alicia Brown
prydain recaps

The High King, Chapter 19 – The Death-Lord (Part 1)

Taran is clinging helplessly to the side of Mount Dragon when the gwythaint sinks its talons into his shoulders and starts to pull him away from the cliff face. He sees its “head, deeply scarred by an old wound” and […]

September 29, 2018August 4, 2019by Alicia Brown
prydain recaps

The High King, Chapter 18 – Mount Dragon

Welcome back! It’s been a while since we visited Prydain (in book form, anyway). As we approach the climax of the final book in the series, things have gotten much colder and darker for Taran and his friends… literally. They […]

July 30, 2018April 15, 2019by Alicia Brown
fantasy, fun, historical fiction, prydain recaps, travel

Visiting Prydain!

Sorry for the unannounced hiatus, folks. I’ll be back with a new chapter recap next week, but in the meantime, I want to share some photos of my recent trip to Wales, on which Lloyd Alexander based much of Prydain’s […]

July 21, 2018April 15, 2019by Alicia Brown

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