Brian Rendell Writes 🇨🇦
@brianrendellwrites.bsky.social
Upmarket historical fiction writer fascinated by how our lives are inextricably linked to the past.
Pic is of British Lady & one of my key protagonists who inspired creation of tabloids. MS based on true family stories.
Say hi at https://brianrendell.com
Pic is of British Lady & one of my key protagonists who inspired creation of tabloids. MS based on true family stories.
Say hi at https://brianrendell.com
Nice morning on the Atlantic Ocean. A cup of tea ☕️🫖, a good read 📚📖, then a walk with Rudy 🐶🐾.
He decided to swim 🌊🐠. Smart doodle.
He decided to swim 🌊🐠. Smart doodle.
July 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Nice morning on the Atlantic Ocean. A cup of tea ☕️🫖, a good read 📚📖, then a walk with Rudy 🐶🐾.
He decided to swim 🌊🐠. Smart doodle.
He decided to swim 🌊🐠. Smart doodle.
Next 2️⃣ novels 📚for me ….
Tom Lake is Ann Patchett’s latest. I look forward to seeing her in Newfoundland at @writersatwp in August.
House of Hate by Percy Janes is a Newfoundland & Canadian classic from ‘70 I’m embarrassed to say I’d not heard of. It’s set in a small mill town, like my manuscript.
Tom Lake is Ann Patchett’s latest. I look forward to seeing her in Newfoundland at @writersatwp in August.
House of Hate by Percy Janes is a Newfoundland & Canadian classic from ‘70 I’m embarrassed to say I’d not heard of. It’s set in a small mill town, like my manuscript.
July 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Next 2️⃣ novels 📚for me ….
Tom Lake is Ann Patchett’s latest. I look forward to seeing her in Newfoundland at @writersatwp in August.
House of Hate by Percy Janes is a Newfoundland & Canadian classic from ‘70 I’m embarrassed to say I’d not heard of. It’s set in a small mill town, like my manuscript.
Tom Lake is Ann Patchett’s latest. I look forward to seeing her in Newfoundland at @writersatwp in August.
House of Hate by Percy Janes is a Newfoundland & Canadian classic from ‘70 I’m embarrassed to say I’d not heard of. It’s set in a small mill town, like my manuscript.
Pitched my manuscript to 2 HistFic literary agents this week. Both are intrigued and want to see my manuscript! I should do more pitches at the cottage!
June 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Pitched my manuscript to 2 HistFic literary agents this week. Both are intrigued and want to see my manuscript! I should do more pitches at the cottage!
Proud to have received an MFA Fiction degree 🎓 from the University of King’s College yesterday. Congratulations 🎉 to my fellow graduates. Some great writing coming from this group! 📝📚
May 31, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Proud to have received an MFA Fiction degree 🎓 from the University of King’s College yesterday. Congratulations 🎉 to my fellow graduates. Some great writing coming from this group! 📝📚
Many thoughts today as King Charles visits Canada.
Dad was a monarchist; born in ‘30 in Newfoundland, a Dominion of the British Empire. I understand why many Canadians have eschewed an allegiance to the Crown, yet if I had to choose between joining the US or remaining in the Commonwealth? Easy. 🇬🇧 🇨🇦
Dad was a monarchist; born in ‘30 in Newfoundland, a Dominion of the British Empire. I understand why many Canadians have eschewed an allegiance to the Crown, yet if I had to choose between joining the US or remaining in the Commonwealth? Easy. 🇬🇧 🇨🇦
May 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Many thoughts today as King Charles visits Canada.
Dad was a monarchist; born in ‘30 in Newfoundland, a Dominion of the British Empire. I understand why many Canadians have eschewed an allegiance to the Crown, yet if I had to choose between joining the US or remaining in the Commonwealth? Easy. 🇬🇧 🇨🇦
Dad was a monarchist; born in ‘30 in Newfoundland, a Dominion of the British Empire. I understand why many Canadians have eschewed an allegiance to the Crown, yet if I had to choose between joining the US or remaining in the Commonwealth? Easy. 🇬🇧 🇨🇦
📚 🚂 I’m taking a literary train ride - two in fact - with Emma Donoghue and Suzette Mayr. Both, fantastic Canadian 🇨🇦 writers of historical fiction.
I’m imagining a writer aboard one of these trains tapping out a story on this Underwood travel typewriter (c.1916).
I’m imagining a writer aboard one of these trains tapping out a story on this Underwood travel typewriter (c.1916).
May 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
📚 🚂 I’m taking a literary train ride - two in fact - with Emma Donoghue and Suzette Mayr. Both, fantastic Canadian 🇨🇦 writers of historical fiction.
I’m imagining a writer aboard one of these trains tapping out a story on this Underwood travel typewriter (c.1916).
I’m imagining a writer aboard one of these trains tapping out a story on this Underwood travel typewriter (c.1916).
I returned a book to the U of King’s College library yesterday, the last time as a student. In 3 weeks I’ll become a proud alumnus, a member of the first Fiction cohort to earn an MFA.
And the magnolias? They’re real, and they’re spectacular! 😉
And the magnolias? They’re real, and they’re spectacular! 😉
May 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I returned a book to the U of King’s College library yesterday, the last time as a student. In 3 weeks I’ll become a proud alumnus, a member of the first Fiction cohort to earn an MFA.
And the magnolias? They’re real, and they’re spectacular! 😉
And the magnolias? They’re real, and they’re spectacular! 😉
📚Book club before the book 📕 ⁉️
A friend and former colleague asked if I’d be interested in joining her group of bookish friends to talk about the writing life and my manuscript. Of course I said “YES! ✅
Thanks to this group for their support and great questions! 🙋🏽♀️🙏🏼
A friend and former colleague asked if I’d be interested in joining her group of bookish friends to talk about the writing life and my manuscript. Of course I said “YES! ✅
Thanks to this group for their support and great questions! 🙋🏽♀️🙏🏼
April 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
📚Book club before the book 📕 ⁉️
A friend and former colleague asked if I’d be interested in joining her group of bookish friends to talk about the writing life and my manuscript. Of course I said “YES! ✅
Thanks to this group for their support and great questions! 🙋🏽♀️🙏🏼
A friend and former colleague asked if I’d be interested in joining her group of bookish friends to talk about the writing life and my manuscript. Of course I said “YES! ✅
Thanks to this group for their support and great questions! 🙋🏽♀️🙏🏼
Received great feedback 🗣️ on my manuscript 📝 yesterday from a professional 🇬🇧 editor as part of a live edit during the History Quill virtual convention.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
February 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Received great feedback 🗣️ on my manuscript 📝 yesterday from a professional 🇬🇧 editor as part of a live edit during the History Quill virtual convention.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Reese knows how to pick them. Historical fiction based on a true story ➕ A young woman out of her element ➕ On a remote island near Canada. Epic.
Congratulations Allegra Goodman.
#booksky
Congratulations Allegra Goodman.
#booksky
February 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Reese knows how to pick them. Historical fiction based on a true story ➕ A young woman out of her element ➕ On a remote island near Canada. Epic.
Congratulations Allegra Goodman.
#booksky
Congratulations Allegra Goodman.
#booksky
Loving positivity, creativity, support, learning and joy on a virtual writing retreat hosted by The Shit No One Tells You About Writing podcast hosts. >200 international participants. Much better than watching the news.
#deepdive2025
#deepdive2025
February 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Loving positivity, creativity, support, learning and joy on a virtual writing retreat hosted by The Shit No One Tells You About Writing podcast hosts. >200 international participants. Much better than watching the news.
#deepdive2025
#deepdive2025
Looking forward to Deep Diving this weekend with the gang from “The Shit No One Tells You About Writing.”My manuscript logline may get critiqued. Wish me luck and tell me what you think…
#theshitaboutwriting
#writingcommunity
#theshitaboutwriting
#writingcommunity
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Looking forward to Deep Diving this weekend with the gang from “The Shit No One Tells You About Writing.”My manuscript logline may get critiqued. Wish me luck and tell me what you think…
#theshitaboutwriting
#writingcommunity
#theshitaboutwriting
#writingcommunity
I normally don’t post birthday pictures but I couldn’t resist this one…Rudy is 5 today!
He was being pretty patient waiting for his birthday cookie!
He was being pretty patient waiting for his birthday cookie!
January 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I normally don’t post birthday pictures but I couldn’t resist this one…Rudy is 5 today!
He was being pretty patient waiting for his birthday cookie!
He was being pretty patient waiting for his birthday cookie!
Pitched my upmarket historical fiction manuscript,
THE GRANDEST FALLS,
to a senior literary agent & an editor of a big 5 publisher in Toronto this week.
I received upbeat feedback👏🏻 & points 🛠️to improve my submission package when it’s ready.
Did the same last year to NYC agent as part of my MFA.
THE GRANDEST FALLS,
to a senior literary agent & an editor of a big 5 publisher in Toronto this week.
I received upbeat feedback👏🏻 & points 🛠️to improve my submission package when it’s ready.
Did the same last year to NYC agent as part of my MFA.
January 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Pitched my upmarket historical fiction manuscript,
THE GRANDEST FALLS,
to a senior literary agent & an editor of a big 5 publisher in Toronto this week.
I received upbeat feedback👏🏻 & points 🛠️to improve my submission package when it’s ready.
Did the same last year to NYC agent as part of my MFA.
THE GRANDEST FALLS,
to a senior literary agent & an editor of a big 5 publisher in Toronto this week.
I received upbeat feedback👏🏻 & points 🛠️to improve my submission package when it’s ready.
Did the same last year to NYC agent as part of my MFA.
January 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Have you discovered new holiday🎄 music 🎵 this year? I love Ben Folds’ new album “Sleigher” which is laid back and smooth. Prior to that, my most played holiday record was Ingrid Michaelson’s “Songs for the Season” which is nostalgic and lush.
December 3, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Have you discovered new holiday🎄 music 🎵 this year? I love Ben Folds’ new album “Sleigher” which is laid back and smooth. Prior to that, my most played holiday record was Ingrid Michaelson’s “Songs for the Season” which is nostalgic and lush.
I call it “Canadiana on wet Subaru.” I’ll throw in a roll of 🦍 tape. Let the bidding begin!
November 24, 2024 at 6:10 PM
I call it “Canadiana on wet Subaru.” I’ll throw in a roll of 🦍 tape. Let the bidding begin!
Printed the first draft of my manuscript today. Two years of writing, reading, research, MFA support, mentor feedback, and excitement. Up next… self-editing. Bring it on.
November 20, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Printed the first draft of my manuscript today. Two years of writing, reading, research, MFA support, mentor feedback, and excitement. Up next… self-editing. Bring it on.
Here’s Rudy, ready to read.
November 16, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Here’s Rudy, ready to read.
Excuse me, Gentlemen…
A ‘17 NEA report says only 33% of men read fiction. I expect even fewer write creatively.
Give your brain a workout, fire up creativity, hone empathy, plus learn… maybe something about yourself.
Pop into an independent bookstore or library, and tell them what interests you.
A ‘17 NEA report says only 33% of men read fiction. I expect even fewer write creatively.
Give your brain a workout, fire up creativity, hone empathy, plus learn… maybe something about yourself.
Pop into an independent bookstore or library, and tell them what interests you.
November 14, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Excuse me, Gentlemen…
A ‘17 NEA report says only 33% of men read fiction. I expect even fewer write creatively.
Give your brain a workout, fire up creativity, hone empathy, plus learn… maybe something about yourself.
Pop into an independent bookstore or library, and tell them what interests you.
A ‘17 NEA report says only 33% of men read fiction. I expect even fewer write creatively.
Give your brain a workout, fire up creativity, hone empathy, plus learn… maybe something about yourself.
Pop into an independent bookstore or library, and tell them what interests you.