Recent Books from My Project Bookshelf
As part of my downsizing efforts, I have given myself strict instructions to read what I have before I purchase a new book, unless that...
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bellebrett
- Oct 11, 2020
- 3 min
Storytelling through Art
As an artist as well as a writer, I sometimes opt to tell stories through collage, one of my favored media. For my novel, Gina in the...
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bellebrett
- Sep 26, 2020
- 1 min
Confessions of a Non-Voracious Reader
Standard advice to novelists is to read a lot. Of course, it would be ironic to find a writer who does not like to read. It’s the “a lot”...
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Belle Brett
- Oct 2, 2019
- 1 min
Gina Comes to Life
I am excited to introduce my new book trailer for Gina in the Floating world, produced with the help of the talented Melissa Dee. It may...
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Belle Brett
- Sep 3, 2019
- 1 min
Interview with Jeanne Blasberg, Author of The Nine
Jeanne Blasberg’s recently released second novel, The Nine (She Writes Press), is a compelling modern-day tale inspired by the biblical...
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Belle Brett
- Jul 15, 2019
- 3 min
Art and Writing Meet: "Gina's Floating World" at the Great Bay Gallery (Somers Point,
I’m not sure when I first got the idea that I wanted to create an exhibit of images that related to my novel, Gina in the Floating World....
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Belle Brett
- Jun 21, 2019
- 4 min
Armchair Travel: Five 2019 Novels Set in Other Places and Times
Pack your bags. It’s summer, and it’s the longest day, when your thoughts may turn not only to where you will vacation but also to what...
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Belle Brett
- Apr 11, 2019
- 4 min
On Martinis and Mozart: A Remembrance of My Father, George F. Brett (1904-1995)
This post is my third family remembrance in just over three weeks. The three members of my nuclear family all died in the springtime, and...
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Belle Brett
- Apr 3, 2019
- 3 min
My Mother, My Muse
Today is the 19th anniversary of the death of my mother. In 2010, I wrote this post in remembrance of her in a blog I maintained for...
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Belle Brett
- Mar 16, 2019
- 5 min
Remembering Beth Brett: A Conversation between Beth's Sister and Daughter
March 16 is the sixteenth anniversary of the death of Beth Brett, my sister, and mother to Pippa. On the eighth anniversary of her death,...
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Belle Brett
- Mar 11, 2019
- 3 min
The Writer and Home Renovation Envy
On the cold, dark days of winter, with snow and ice on the ground, I achieve my daily 10,000 Fitbit steps by jogging (slowly) in front of...
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Belle Brett
- Feb 27, 2019
- 2 min
The Public Baths in Japan
During my stay in Japan several decades ago when I was a bar hostess, I lived in a room over a club. The place had only a toilet and sink...
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Belle Brett
- Feb 14, 2019
- 3 min
Odd Couples: The Many Faces of Jack Lemmon's Film Relationships
On this Valentine’s Day, not long before the Oscar ceremony, I was thinking about films that portray complex relationships of various...
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Belle Brett
- Jan 27, 2019
- 3 min
Digging Deep: Four Books on Japan's Nightlife that Informed My Novel
The first draft of my novel, Gina in the Floating World, reflected my own experiences as a foreign bar hostess in a Tokyo suburb in the...
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Belle Brett
- Jan 15, 2019
- 6 min
Truth or Fiction in Gina in the Floating World
I’m always intrigued by those films that are “inspired by” or “based on” true events. As a writer who likes to use my own life as a...
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Belle Brett
- Jan 5, 2019
- 3 min
Publishing a Book: Not for the Faint of Heart
The start of the new year is a good time for a reckoning. For me 2018 was all about the BOOK—the book being my novel, Gina in the...
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Belle Brett
- Dec 18, 2018
- 3 min
Learning to Read Out Loud: Dylan Thomas and "A Child's Christmas in Wales"
Growing up, the one consistent holiday tradition my family maintained was listening to a recording of Dylan Thomas reading “A Child’s...
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Belle Brett
- Dec 4, 2018
- 3 min
Your Holiday Book List: 5 Novels and a Memoir
In her later years, my mother made her gift shopping a little easier by buying each family member a special book. If you know someone's...
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Belle Brett
- Nov 21, 2018
- 4 min
Thanks to Parents Everywhere for Providing Fodder for Fiction
Thanksgiving is a time when families, for better or worse, come together. This holiday prompted me to consider how important families are...
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Belle Brett
- Nov 7, 2018
- 8 min
Traveling in Asia on the Cheap before the High-Tech Age
As a child, I loved maps and fantasized about that time when I could explore the world. Perhaps because I was born in another country,...
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