The stories of Bryan Young

I was honored to receive 3 and a half awards in Salt Lake City Weekly's Best of Utah 2012 competition. The first award was labeled " Best Self-Promoter ", but when on to explain that it was for their being impressed with how much I accomplish in my life as a writer, filmmaker, columnist, and quizmaster. Bryan Young is, hands-down, the busiest guy in Utah media that you’ve never met. Aside being a founder of Shinebox Media and Big Shiny Robot! (as well as a contributor to City Weekly), the writer and producer has a long list of projects that makes you wonder when he sleeps. Included in that list: Geek Show Podcast panelist, Huffington Post correspondent, author of five fictional novels, nationally regarded Star Wars expert (he’s received personal invitations to Skywalker Ranch), independent film director, pub-quiz host, and soon—we hope—seller of an energy drink of whatever is keeping him going. Hopefully, it'll get people to check out my books. The second awa...

It's been a while since I posted and for the month of March I haven't felt as though as I've had much to show for myself. It's not that I haven't been busy or I haven't been writing, I've just been working very hard on things. I finished the revisions on Operation: Montauk and I'm very, very happy with how far its come. It's still on schedule for a release at Origins. Speaking of Origins, there are a couple of collections I've been asked to participate in that will see release then. The first is the Origins Anthology. I've submitted what I think is a very fun science fiction short story that will appear in print along side authors like Aaron Allston , Mike Stackpole , Janine Spendlove , and RT Kaelin . I'm very excited about the piece I submitted for the collection, and I can't wait to see it along side the others. The other project is a sort of text book on building worlds. I'm not sure how much I can say about it at this po...

I wrote a piece for Salt Lake City Weekly about this weekend's SLC Nerd Event , but I failed to mention in the article that I will be there participating as well. I've booked a table and will be there signing books. I will have the print versions of Lost at the Con, Man Against the Future, The Colossus, and God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut. I'll also have the audio book version of Lost at the Con (which contains the ebook versions as well.) SLC NERD The Complex 536 W. 100 South Saturday, March 24, 2 p.m. $8 in advance, $10 at the door, $7 kids under 12 at the door Writing Update: I'm still hip deep in revisions of Operation: Montauk. It's been an arduous process, but I think the resulting book is far better than I'd imagined possible. It's going to be a very fun book and I can't wait to unleash it on you. I'm still planning on premiering it at Origins Game Fair , but there's a good chance I might have it done in time for Free Comic Book ...

Just wanted to give you guys a heads up that Cupid Painted Blind is available for free for the Kindle for the rest of today and tomorrow. In fact, it's actually moving up on the contemporary romance bestsellers charts right now. Give it a try here. Also, I wanted to remind you that I'm a guest at Anime Salt Lake this weekend. You can get more details from their website or my latest column for the City Weekly . I hope to see you guys there!

The second part of my film series, Confessions of an Independent Filmmaker, has been released on Amazon. (I haven't decided yet if I'm going to put it on Barnes and Noble as well or to enroll it in KDP Select.) This documents the few years between my first movie and my second movie and all of the various projects that were worked on in between. It also includes sample investment proposals in case you're looking to write one for a film project you're working on. You can get it here. As far as conventions go, I'll be a guest at Anime Salt Lake this week. I'm going to be signing and selling books and I'll be presenting two panels as well: Writer's Q & A Saturday - 10:00 am - 11:00am Location: Oak Room Publishing for Dummies Saturday - 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Location: Oak Room For more information about attending the convention, check out the Anime Salt Lake website . And finally, Origins Game Fair has posted the schedule for their literary tr...

First off, I'd like to let you know that there is a new collection of shorts available exclusively for the Kindle called Cupid Painted Blind. It contains four stories that longtime readers of the site will recognize: The Missed Opportunities of Days Gone By, A Friend Indeed, Cupid Painted Blind, and Some Wintery Reminiscence. You can check it out here. If you're interested in supporting me monetarily, you can pick it up for $2.99, though if you want to wait until next week, I'll be doing a giveaway promotion and you can support me by reading and reviewing it. Second : I got a PDF of the essay I contributed to in Disinformation's You Are Still Being Lied To . You can check out the piece that I wrote (with Elias Pate and Steven Greenstreet) here, but you should check out the entire book. It has incredible and enlightening essays from guys like Douglas Rushkoff, Howard Zinn, and Noam Chomsky. Quite august company to keep. Here's the PDF of our contributio...

Ladies and Gentlemen! I'm proud to announce two releases today, both shipping ahead of schedule. The first print run of God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut has arrived, the pre-orders have shipped, and I'm now shipping signed copies. The book is 144 pages and retails for $9.99 plus shipping and handling. The official blurb: Few authors have had as much influence on the youth of America than Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. He brought morality and humanism to the forefront of millions of minds and into the mind of one man in particular. God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut is Bryan's love letter to the late writer, collecting essays, short stories, and other material written over the last ten years, all of it about, or directly inspired by, Vonnegut. It contains a lot of stories and essays that are near and dear to my heart and I hope you'll check it out. Shipping Options Local Pick-Up $10.00 USD Domestic Shipping $13.50 USD Foreign Shipping $15.00 USD Additionall...