Short story submissions, draft 12 progress, and musings about Trans Siberian Orchestra from an oldish fan.
Tag: Books
Deleted Scene and Dialogue Tips
How you work with dialogue and dialogue tags affects whether your scene has "Talking Head Syndrome" or not. With a snippet of a recently deleted scene from my WIP, here is a short lesson regarding that.
Slapdash LOTR Character Themes
When viewing every interaction with Samwise Gamgee as an interaction with the abstract spirit of Hope, some moments in LOTR take on far stronger meanings than before. What abstract ideas do other characters symbolize?
Dreams And Writing
Due to problems, I haven't been able to work on my new draft for book 1 for a while. HOWEVER, I AM BACK AT IT.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is not about a minotaur playing a trumpet on a random pillar. It is about a man. I cannot say anything else because the entire book is a plot twist as intricate and intense as the twisting halls and tides in the house (vast, vast world) where it takes place.
N. K. Valek: Author 