Taylor Clogston

Something interesting that the author seems to do in this book is instead of painting us a picture of the places Matt encounters, we learn about them as he sees them.

Chris Fabry could have introduced Dogwood something like this: “Dogwood stretched out ahead of us like the fold of a blanket thrown lazily across an untidy bed. Stores…[Read more]

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Hey, this is already going where I didn’t expect it. I actually really liked Matt. 😁Well, particularly his younger self, but the older self was fine too. It’s fascinating how we read the same things differently. @taylorclogston, the lines you quoted, I…[Read more]

Ooh, this is so fun! I feel a little out of my league though, because I’m not used to critiquing or looking very in-depth at books. I just kind of read them and if I like them, I like them and if I hate them, I hate them. And don’t have any particular idea why. 🙃 I guess it’s good to do things outside of our comfort zones sometimes, though.

So,…[Read more]

@taylorclogston I would have expected most of the book to take place in ’72, which @toklaham-veruzia confirmed. I think I’ll have to watch the rest of the story play out before I can say for sure whether I’m a fan of that technique (starting the book on the edge of the climax) or not. Like Daeus said, it did get me involved right away. The…[Read more]

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I’ve honestly never thought about the pros and cons of revealing or hiding aspects of a character early on in a story. As I’m thinking about it, it seems the one thing I’d avoid is the completely mysterious character.

In Six of Crows, all the character are introduced with…[Read more]

@taylorclogston Only that it’s written  from Matt’s view, knowing what he knows, and not from a more omniscient author perspective.

@taylorclogston Okay perfect.

@daeus-lamb @taylorclogston @edmund-lloyd-fletcher I’m not sure if I can’t adjust the anti-spam filters. I will certainly seek to do so if I can, but it’s probably tied to the forum software we use and adjusting that spam filter could be tricky. I’ll try to look at this more after the summit later this month, but at the moment, my best…[Read more]

@taylorclogston thanks, I’ll check that group out!

@wolverinerm More of what tasks to plan for, plus how long each takes.  Something like, “Let’s see… I need to allow 3 weeks for this thing, then after that is complete it takes another week for that thing…”  The point being,  I can then use that timeline to work out a release schedule on my…[Read more]

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Thank you all so much!! Your answers are all thought-provoking. Here are some of my thoughts…

@taylorclogston  I used secular literature as a very general term. I define Christian literature as a work that is by a professing Christian. So I defined anything other than Christian as…[Read more]

@deeprun

I’ll definitely check Dekker out. And yes, read Peretti! He’s absolutely amazing at developing tension and inserting Christian elements into genres that don’t seem very “Christian”. I read and loved his “Cooper Kids Adventure Series” as a young teen, and I’ll still re-read some of the strong ones like The Door In the Dragon’s Throat, beca…[Read more]

Dilemma: I’ve got conflicting feedback on my blurb. Some say I should change it, others that I shouldn’t.

I’m in search of opinionated people to help clear me out of this muddle.

Here’s what I had:

In the beginning, the Songkiller sang chaos into the fabric of the world. Now, he’s returning to finish his dark symphony…

Exton hunts to red…[Read more]

thank you @josiah and @taylorclogston!