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Harvey Stanbrough


Biography

Harvey Stanbrough is a retired US Marine whose works have been nominated for a National Book Award and several other prestigious awards. He is a writer who lives in southeast Arizona and quotes Ray Bradbury: "I love to write. It's all I do." Unfortunately, writing is not all Harvey does. He is also a freelance editor and the publisher at StoneThread Publishing. (See http://StoneThreadPublishing.com.)

Where to find Harvey Stanbrough online

Website: http://HarveyStanbrough.com
Twitter: hstanbrough
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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/harveystanbrough
Blog: http://HarveyStanbrough.com/blog

Where to buy in print

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Books

Self-Editing for Writers    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $2.99 USD. 3510 words. Published on September 13, 2011. Nonfiction.
Avoid the most common errors this editor has seen over 15 years of freelance editing. This is a compilation of notes on punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, usage, etc. that cover the most common errors I've seen in over 15 years of editing. This, combined with The Seven Writerly Sins, would comprise what not to do if you want to be a successful writer.
Tuesday: eating disorders    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 6130 words. Published on June 7, 2011. Fiction.
Would being a cannibal qualify for having an eating disorder? While under armed guard and being tended to in an ER, accused cannibal and murderer John Searcy, AKA Randall Sly, escapes custody and takes a nurse, Susan, hostage. Does he want her for her excellent body... or does he want her for the excellent tone of her body?
Monday: alcoholics anonymous    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 5540 words. Published on June 4, 2011. Fiction.
Anonymity can hide any number of faults. Married to an uncaring, workaholic husband, Shylia Allred walks to alleviate stress and to consider her divorce. Randall Sly is the one man who can bring a huge change to her life... but change isn't always all it's cracked up to be.
Vignettes from a C-130    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $1.99 USD. 7640 words. Published on May 28, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Some things are much larger and more important than the individual, as a rural New Mexico boy learns when he joins the Marine Corps.
Giacomo, 2080    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 1650 words. Published on May 5, 2011. Fiction.
What happens when the only woman Giacomo Casanova has truly loved through the ages finds a way to bring him back to life?
Six Years in May    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 7530 words. Published on May 5, 2011. Fiction.
After the Inter-Arab War of 2139, there came The Purge. Now Jonathan Kirski, who believes his parents abandoned him, mines the mass graves in the Siberian fields for the bones of his ancestors, and the only clue he has to the truth are his recurring nightmares. In that frozen tundra, the bodies don't decay. The faces remain, staring, accusing.
Crushin' Bugs    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 1310 words. Published on May 5, 2011. Fiction.
Karma might be real, but sometimes it misses the mark. Little Billy is just a boy being a boy... albeit a particularly cruel boy. He takes great pleasure in crushing bugs. Most of his acquaintances, like characters in all sorts of situations in everyday life, choose to ignore his mean streak, but one, Tommy, sees the good in all helpless creatures.
The Beholder    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 1500 words. Published on May 5, 2011. Fiction.
There's a lot to be said for being who you are... storm chaser or just storm. Watch a storm chaser in Oklahoma remembers who he really is and becomes an integral part of a unique electrical storm being steered by aliens... then helps his ancient friends feed on his coworker.
The Cycle of Ramon    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $1.99 USD. 5440 words. Published on May 4, 2011. Fiction.
Sometimes letting go just isn't possible... at least not without help from the other side. The eerily weeping heavens combine with the sea and a departed love to ease the burden of the one who has been left behind. If you've enjoyed the works of Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende, you'll enjoy these Stories from the Cantina.
The Essentials of Digital Publishing    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $5.99 USD. 6510 words. Published on April 22, 2011. Nonfiction.
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
This book discusses manuscript preparation for submission to Smashwords, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Includes screenshots, cover design tips, marketing tips and much more.
Six Years in May: Thirteen Stories from a Very Odd Mind    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $4.99 USD. 38290 words. Published on April 13, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 5 reviews)
These tales range from the almost normal to the fantastic, from the tragic to the comedic, from dark to light and from dark tale to fairytale. Interspersed among these tales is an extra story marked in chapters and not indicated in the table of contents. It is at once a story, a recollection, a history and a confession. It is truth and fiction, reality and fantasy. You decided which is which.
Notes from Writing the World    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $6.99 USD. 23930 words. Published on April 1, 2011. Nonfiction.
This compilation contains the full text of my shorter nonfiction works in a single book: Writing Narrative; Seven Writerly Sins; Creating Characters; Writing Dialect; Writing Great Beginnings; Writing Flash Fiction; and Self-Editing for Writers. You will not get Writing Realistic Dioalogue, Punctuation for Writers, and The Craft of Poetry. You must purchase those separately.
Lessons for a Barren Population    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $8.99 USD. 25150 words. Published on March 31, 2011. Fiction.
This is an eclectic collection of poetry. The first edition of this collection was the first-ever full-length original poetry collection published as an ebook back in 1999. Nominated for a Frankfurt Book Fair Award.
Writing Realistic Dialogue & Flash Fiction    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $5.99 USD. 39070 words. Published on March 21, 2011. Nonfiction.
This book explores why and how authentic, realistic dialogue works to engage the emotions of the reader. In it, we discuss even the nuances and sounds of individual letters and words and the effect of those nuances on the reader, and explains why and how narrative is effective when used in conjunction with realistic dialogue.Includes a chapter on writing flash fiction.
Residua    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 1940 words. Published on March 14, 2011. Fiction.
A single, long, autobiographical poem.
The Magic Cakes (Poetry)    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 2140 words. Published on March 14, 2011. Fiction.
The story of Little Red Cap retold in blank verse, revised to include the magic inherent in all of us and with no need for a woodsman to save the day.
Selected Poems    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $3.99 USD. 6640 words. Published on March 12, 2011. Fiction.
Selected poems from Harvey Stanbrough's poetry.
Intimations of the Shapes of Things    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $4.99 USD. 7830 words. Published on March 12, 2011. Fiction.
A poetry collection in the lineage of Frost, Yeats Nemerov and other writers of blank verse.
Concerning Mama's Taste in Men    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 3650 words. Published on March 11, 2011. Fiction.
A rural New Mexico boy learns joy and pain as his future is washed away in a flash flood.
The Magic Cakes    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 2060 words. Published on March 11, 2011. Fiction.
The story of Little Red Cap retold with magical, surreal elements and no further need for a woodsman.
Real Characters    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 1610 words. Published on March 10, 2011. Fiction.
What happens when the characters turn the tables on a hack writer?
Interference    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 2460 words. Published on March 9, 2011. Fiction.
A whacked-out writer makes his way through a nuclear holocaust, narrowly avoiding being eaten by wolves and plummeting into a canyon on his way to his desk.
Same Ol' Bull, Same Ol' Rodeo    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 4250 words. Published on March 9, 2011. Fiction.
0.75 star(4.67 from 3 reviews)
Contemporary rodeo western psychological horror.
Requiem for a Bard    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 2280 words. Published on March 9, 2011. Fiction.
In this short literary fiction, a poet struggles with, and finally delivers, the eulogy for his lifelong friend.
On Bullies & Gods    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 2800 words. Published on March 9, 2011. Fiction.
A light-hearted short story in which God himself is a major character. Think George Burns in "Oh God!"
Ground Rules    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 2560 words. Published on March 9, 2011. Fiction.
A literary psychological suspense story.
The Oldest Debt    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 2510 words. Published on March 9, 2011. Fiction.
A literary psychological suspense story.
The Well    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 2270 words. Published on March 9, 2011. Fiction.
A psychological suspense story set in southern Louisiana.
Soft as a Breeze    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $0.99 USD. 2840 words. Published on March 9, 2011. Fiction.
This is a short story that enables the reader to experience the immediacy of war.
Beyond the Masks    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $6.99 USD. 25740 words. Published on March 7, 2011. Fiction.
Stanbrough's poetry derives from the real world. If you want milquetoast poetry, this is not for you. If you want poetry that you have to "interpret" to understand, this is not for you. If you want brain-twisting reality and gut-wrenching emotional depth---if you want poetry that will make you get up and pour yourself a brandy---you want this collection.
The Craft of Poetry: Structure and Sound    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $7.99 USD. 15980 words. Published on February 28, 2011. Nonfiction.
The structure of the poem, canto, stanza, and line, even to the molecular level, discussing how the sounds of certain letters or letter combinations in certain words affect the reader; whether and why the length or brevity of a line or stanza has a certain effect on the reader; how to construct sentences within the poem so they are most effective.
Creating Realistic Characters    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $2.99 USD. 2640 words. Published on February 28, 2011. Nonfiction.
A realistic character is just like a real human being, and the reader should be able to identify with the protagonist, the antagonist, and a minor character or two as soon as he meets them. The more quickly the reader identifies with the character, the more quickly he will become engaged in the story line.
Writing Dialect    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $2.99 USD. 3130 words. Published on February 28, 2011. Nonfiction.
When it is written well, dialect informs and enhances the reader’s sense of place and character.
Punctuation for Writers    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $4.99 USD. 18670 words. Published on February 28, 2011. Nonfiction.
Punctuation for Writers is a completely unique approach to punctuation. It teaches writers to wield punctuation as a tool rather than treating it as just one more thing they have to look up and "get right." Once you've read and understood PFW, you will no longer need rules-regurgitating books. This thin volume makes "rules" obsolete. Includes an essential grammar refresher.
Narrative in Fiction: Whispers in the Background    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $2.99 USD. 6010 words. Published on February 25, 2011. Nonfiction.
When writing narrative, there is very little room for error. All narrative must advance the story line, and it must do so as efficiently and interestingly as possible.
Writing Great Beginnings    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $1.99 USD. 4290 words. Published on February 24, 2011. Nonfiction.
The beginning of a fiction should convey a sense of immediacy, a sense of urgency, that gives the reader no choice but to read the next sentence and the next and the next.
The Art of Writing Flash Fiction    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $2.99 USD. 2190 words. Published on February 24, 2011. Nonfiction.
Learn to write a complete short story in 99 words or fewer. Fun, but addictive!
The Seven Writerly Sins    by Harvey Stanbrough
Price: $1.99 USD. 3630 words. Published on February 24, 2011. Nonfiction.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
This nonfiction booklet explains seven common snags committed by many writers when writing narrative.

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Smashwords book reviews by Harvey Stanbrough

  • A Texas Elegy on April 27, 2011
    star star star star star
    I've used the opening paragraph of this novel to teach other writers how to write a great beginning. The language and dialect of these characters are true to life, the situations taken as if from the brush country of Texas, and the simple poignancy of this story will linger with me all my days. As a result, I will be in very good company.
  • Brasada on April 27, 2011
    star star star star star
    I am fortunate to call Don Johnson my friend. When others write about his "authentic voice" they attribute it to research. I suppose it is if you can consider life research. Don has lived these situations first hand as a man can live them only in the brush country of Texas. He's lived them in this lifetime, and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest to learn he lived them in a previous lifetime about 160 years ago. Brasada is a tough book about tough characters in tough country. Only Don Johnson's deft hand could tame such a story. If he hadn't it might well have attacked the reader upon being opened. Bravo, Don, for yet another brilliant offering.
  • Graceful Blur on Aug. 10, 2011
    star star star star star
    This is a strong story, filled with action, that's over entirely too quickly... then again, that's the whole premise. Wonderfully done.
  • In His Majesty's Postal Service on Aug. 10, 2011
    (no rating)
    This is an exciting, wonderful story that seems almost a collection of vignettes, glimpses into the particular, peculiar mini-worlds that are part of a larger world located on a single street of a town. A great short story. I wish Mr. Healy would collect some of these so I could purchase several at a time.