Walker Buckalew
Who Done It? When Do We Find Out? A Fearful Thing
Books, movies, television… the creators of suspenseful stories take widely differing approaches to letting us, the readers and viewers,...
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Walker Buckalew
- Aug 18
- 3 min
School or War: Which is Worse?
That question sounds ridiculous. But hear me out. Becoming C. S. Lewis, by Dr. Harry Lee Poe, is different from other biographies of C....
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Walker Buckalew
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Juggling Time
In the five novels in my Rebecca Series , time gets “juggled” with regularity. The action usually takes place on more than one continent,...
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Walker Buckalew
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Wounds: A Fearful Thing
In the five-book series of novels called the Rebecca Series, almost every major character, good or bad, sooner or later, gets wounded or,...
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Walker Buckalew
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Rebecca Series Update: Current In-Process Novel
As of now, I have in circulation five Rebecca Series action/mystery novels for adults (print and electronic), and, in addition, two for...
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Walker Buckalew
- May 26
- 3 min
Dialects and Intelligibility
“Th’ bg! Th’ bg! Dt’r Stf’d’s bg! H’r sh’s w’r unt’d! Th’ w’r unt’d!” What? What dialect is that? What language is that? Well… it’s...
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Walker Buckalew
- May 14
- 2 min
Dogs and Cats and Novels
The latest novel in the Rebecca Series, A Fearful Thing, is the first in the Rebecca Series and in the Visioners Series – a total of five...
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Walker Buckalew
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Constructing Novels: Part Four
In Part Three, I described the importance of contributions of in-process readers of manuscripts. And I closed by noting that, aside from...
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Walker Buckalew
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Constructing Novels: Part Three
When my wife Linda finished reading her third three-chapter block of manuscript pages for A Fearful Thing – on its way to becoming the...
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Walker Buckalew
- Mar 23
- 3 min
“How Is a Person Supposed to Read Fiction?”
C. S. Lewis told his readers and his correspondents repeatedly that, when you read fiction, you will not have a good experience unless...
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Walker Buckalew
- Mar 9
- 3 min
Real-Life Characters: A Fearful Thing
I have mentioned in earlier posts that the characters in my novels are not based on actual people. Rather, I normally create my...
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Walker Buckalew
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Cover Art: A Fearful Thing
Before the proliferation of e-readers – and using them as convenient and inexpensive substitutes for actual books – the cover art...
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Walker Buckalew
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
“I really enjoyed your book”: A Fearful Thing
Occasionally I – like other authors – get notes from people who have read one of my novels. They sometimes write, “I really enjoyed your...
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Walker Buckalew
- Nov 19, 2021
- 3 min
Why is there Violence in the Rebecca novels? A Fearful Thing
Near the end of my second adult-level novel – the second in the Rebecca Series – we read this passage: The gunman, kicking wildly at her...
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Walker Buckalew
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
Romance in the Rebecca Series: A Fearful Thing
In previous posts, I’ve suggested that, in action/mystery novels, a background romance can add suspense to the mystery and depth to the...
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Walker Buckalew
- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
Good Endings: A Fearful Thing
At the end of the highly successful film The Bourne Identity, the actor Matt Damon somehow finds the actress Franka Potente on what...
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Walker Buckalew
- Sep 27, 2021
- 3 min
Boats and Ships and Weapons: A Fearful Thing
My stories – adult and young adult – often feature boats or ships at some point. What’s the difference? Well, the easiest way to think...
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Walker Buckalew
- Sep 10, 2021
- 3 min
Action Scenes: A Fearful Thing
A Fearful Thing, the fifth novel in my Rebecca Series, opens with a car chase through the streets of London. On page two of the book, we...
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Walker Buckalew
- Aug 24, 2021
- 3 min
Researching Novels: "A Fearful Thing"
My new novel, A Fearful Thing, is the fifth novel in the Rebecca Series. It is set in the year 1985, four (fictional) years after the...
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Walker Buckalew
- Aug 10, 2021
- 3 min
The Female Lead Character in the Rebecca Series and in the new release: A Fearful Thing
Over the years, when I have found myself speaking to students in their classrooms, or to adults at book-signing events, I have often been...
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