Robert Gregory Browne This is Me

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1. 1. SPINETINGLER Magazine :: "ROBERT GREGORY BROWNE: ALL GOOD THINGS" a profile by CJ Lyons

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   Robert Gregory Browne: All Good Things, a profile by CJ Lyons SPINETINGLER Magazine :: "ROBERT GREGORY BROWNE: ALL GOOD THINGS" a profile by CJ Lyons
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   ROBERT GREGORY BROWNE: ALL GOOD THINGS
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   In KISS HER GOODBYE, Browne explores every parent's worst fear, the possible loss of a child.
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   Browne, the father of two children, says that like any parent, he has always worried about losing them. "That theme, I've come to realize, plays a part in almost everything I've written. Sudden loss."
   
   When asked if any sudden losses in his own life influenced KISS HER GOODBYE, Browne recounts the near-death experience of an uncle. "He and Ishared a number of creative interests and I think he influenced me in that area, fueling my desire to write and make movies."
   
   What happened to Browne's uncle while he was clinically dead? "Whenever he was asked about his time on the other side," Browne says, "he refused to talk about it.
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   Browne began his writing career in short stories before winning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' prestigious Nicholl screenwriting fellowship. This opportunity sent Browne to Hollywood where he wrote screenplays for several years. As he puts it, he played "the Hollywood Shuffle: taking meetings, writing scripts, pitching stories - but with nothing on the big screen to show for it."
   
   He wrote for Fox Kids' animated TV shows Diabolik and Spider-Man Unlimitedbefore returning to his first love, fiction. Browne says, "Writing novels is more freeing, but also a hell of a lot more difficult. TV and movies can only show you the bare bones of a story and character. With novels you have to go much deeper. Which is why so many film adaptations of books fail. Without that ability to go deep, they can't really capture the original."
   
   In KISS HER GOODBYE, Browne certainly has gone deep. The opening chapters are riveting and revealing while moving at a fast pace. In them, Browneportrays the action through the points of view of three very disparate characters.
   
   "Creating characters is not so much about making lists of where they went to school and all that kind of stuff," Browne says, "but finding their attitude. What is their general attitude toward other people and the world. That's how we get to know most people."
   
   One of the opening chapters in KISS HER GOODBYE is told through the villain's point of view. Browne thinks that creating believable bad guys is no more difficult than creating heroes, if you're willing to dig deep.
   
   "Villains are just like any other character. But they often have attitudes and goals that normal, law-abiding people wouldn't have."
   
   When building characters, Browne believes it's important to move beyond the expected.
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   It certainly seems as if Browne is on his way. As a member of International Thriller Writers' group of debut thriller novelists, Killer Year 2007, Browne is being mentored through the publishing process by New York Times bestselling author Gayle Lynds.
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   To learn more about Robert Gregory Browne and his novels, go to http://www.robertgregorybrowne.com

2. 2. SPINETINGLER Magazine :: Winter 2006 Issue Contents

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   Robert Gregory Browne: All Good Things, a profile by CJ Lyons