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O Foolish Writer: The Living Reality of an Author’s Work #WritingWednesdays

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

This post is part of an ongoing series Called Writing Wednesdays. This is repost of an earlier blog for those of us foolish enough to walk down this path. Previous blogs include: The Writer’s Spidey Sense False Starts and Missteps: … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Fictional Worlds, Memorable Quotes | Tagged beer, brewing, C.S. Lewis, Carrie, Chloe Moretz, Earthsea, fantasy, fictional worlds, Julianne Moore, Of Other Worlds, On Writing, Science Fiction, speculative fiction, Stephen King, ursula le guin, writing | 11 Comments

2013 End of Year Book Survey

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

I thought I would jump in on the End of Year Book Survey over at The Perpetual Page-Turner. Looking at the pages linked there, it was a big year for fiction. My reading list is mostly non-fiction, but I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, children's literature, Cormac McCarthy, fantasy, George MacDonald, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Lord of the Rings, Madeleine L'Engle, Narnia, Stephen King, ursula le guin, Virginia Woolf | 14 Comments

2013: A Year of Reading

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

Once again I managed to keep one of my New Year’s Resolutions. In January 2012, I resolved to read 50 books or articles related to my research and writing on C.S. Lewis and the Inklings, and I hit #50 near … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Douglas Adams, fantasy, H.G. Wells, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Madeleine L'Engle, New Years Resolution, Reading, Roger Zelazny, Stephen King, ursula le guin, Virginia Woolf | 33 Comments

O Foolish Writer: The Living Reality of an Author’s Work

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

I think some people think writers, as they build their fictional worlds, simply sit down and invent the details, putting together characters and places and storylines like someone puts together IKEA furniture. We’ll call that the Allen Key Approach to … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Fictional Worlds, Memorable Quotes | Tagged beer, brewing, C.S. Lewis, Carrie, Chloë Grace Moretz, Earthsea, fantasy, fictional worlds, Julianne Moore, Of Other Worlds, On Writing, Stephen King, ursula le guin, writing | 5 Comments

I Was Wrong: I like Ged Better than Arha

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

I take it back. Recently, in a review of the children’s fantasy book, Wildwood, I noted that I had a preference for female protagonists. I typically find that, in fiction, men are flat, simple, non-complex, and incomplete. I don’t think … Continue reading →