In high school, Brennan won a certificate for "Composing an exceptional article for the CDC bulletin." He promptly forgot about this. He first realized he had a talent for writing in college, where his teacher asked for permission to publish one of his short stories in the school paper. The deadline had passed, unfortunately and the story was not accepted.
During his work life, one of his bosses stated that he documented projects and communicated in writing better than any of his peers. It was after this that he started writing on a "hobby" basis. As he got more serious about writing, he took creative writing classes. He finished 1/3 of his first novel (EVE320) before learning that few first-time novelists ever get published. So, he shelved the novel, and started writing short stories.
His first short story, "In the Service of Others," was a finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. "This isn't as hard as I thought," he reasoned. Little did he know it would be years until he achieved any similar success.
Brennan's first published story, "Willow's Bend" was a initally a class paper for a creative writing class.
His first draft of his novel EVE320, a 97,000 word endeavor, is complete. He is currently revising it with his critique groups. He has completed the first draft of his second novel--an untitled alternate history story dealing with class bigotry, regarding royalty at the top end and clone slaves at the bottom. The first draft clocked in at 105,000 words and will require massive amounts of research and revision before it is ready to be critiqued. Meanwhile, Brennan is outlining his third novel.
When he turned 45, he decided to take his writing seriously. Since then, he has served as the Meeting Coordinator for the Southern California Writers Association, Membership Chairperson for S.F. Novelist, and Organizer of the Long Beach Writers Meetup Group. He has attended the La Jolla Writers Conference and Literary Orange since 2007 and attended Uncle Orson's Writing Class in 2008. He attended his first Nebula Awards Ceremony (as an observer only) in 2009.
