Writings of Brian Lee Beshore

Historical fiction books are books where the story line is set in a specific time in history. The cultural settings, behavior and manner of speech are often depicted as accurately as possible and any historical events are often made to follow actual historical accounts. Wikipedia gives an extensive definition with many examples of historical fiction books.  So what is the difference between an historical fiction book and a book on history? I think, short answer; any time you tell a story or write in a narrative style within a historical setting, you have an historical fiction book. The work may have famous historical figures in them or it might have completely fictitious characters in the story. An example of the latter would be The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame. This book is often given credit for fueling the movement to preserve gothic architecture in France. Examples of historical fiction involving actual figures from history would be the movie ‘Amadeus,’ or the movie ‘Immortal Belove...

Have you always wanted to play an instrument but thought that this was only for the people with 'talent?' Or perhaps you thought that mastering an instrument requires great sacrifice and many hours of practice. This book debunks the myths that have grown up around learning music. It explains why someone who practices six hours a day could be 'spinning their wheels,' and the reason is that one or more of the music basics is not being applied. The music basics are not many, nor are they difficult to learn but they are essential to success on an instrument. Someone who applied these basics of music could get much farther, faster and with considerably less practice time. That's what this book will teach you; how to practice less and achieve success on an instrument. This approach works for all instruments for all styles and genres of music. In the first part of the book, the prevalent myths that abound in the music world are debunked so that you can think clearly about...

The One True God is a magic/fantasy novel set in ancient Egypt. A young man is admitted into the Lodge only to find out he already has an infamous reputation as a magician who invoked a very controversial spell which seemingly made him indestructible.  Now he must face all those who seek to control him and use his power for their own ends. Get The One True God on Kindle.  

This is a story about a man who is a psychiatric patient and every day he wakes up in one of about four different personalities. His doctors devise a radical new 'treatment' since they are at their wits end. The treatment doesn't, however, go as planned. Get this short story on Kindle; The Man Who Fell Together.  

  This is a science fiction short story about a young man who loves computer games. His favorite type of games are virtual reality games. When his friend turns him on to the latest word in virtual reality games he, at first, has a ball but then he starts to run into 'unauthorized avatars,' who seem bent on wreaking havoc on the game and everyone connected with it. He finds out too late what the horrifying truth of these 'unauthorized avatars' is.  Catch the wild ride of V-World on Kindle; V-World.

  'Mother' is a science fiction story about a young man who is the sole survivor of a mission to colonize a new planet or 'Home World.' His only companion is an AI computer that calls itself 'Mother.' Mother's job is to help the colonists adjust the life of the new planet by bioengineering and selective breeding so that the planet will be more suitable for humans to live on. Ion, the young man has many questions about the possibilities of other survivors on the planet. The answers he finds are not what he expects. Get this story on Kindle; Click Here   

Writing From What You Know Writers often get the advice to 'write what you know.' It's kind of humorous advice, if you mainly write science fiction. I'm a composer of alternative rock music and you can find my music here on my Official Artist Website  Occasionally, however, I will write an album of program music that is most often descriptive of a science fiction theme. Most notable is the ' Tea With The Alien ' album. This album has numerous short stories and books associated with it. The track ' The Dimensional Badinage , for example, has a short story associated with it called ' Just Sign On The Dotted Line .' For this short story, I took the 'write what you know' advice to heart.  The first part of this story is based on a true event. I really did see something unexplainable in the sky from my porch in Chino on the fourth of July. The guard who walks by in the story was really there and he saw it too. He also really said "oh, ...