Walker BuckalewApr 12, 20213 min“How Is a Person Supposed to Read Fiction?” When my first novel was completed – when it was still just a manuscript – it moved from the managing editor’s desk to the desk of a young...
Walker BuckalewApr 5, 20213 minViolence?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...
Walker BuckalewMar 22, 20212 minRomance?I mentioned in an earlier entry that I am always appreciative if an author chooses to work a background romance into a mystery or action...
Walker BuckalewFeb 22, 20212 minGood EndingsIf a novel doesn’t end in a way I like, I probably won’t read another story by that same author. I’ve already noted, in my comments about...