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Close Reading 6 of 12 (Exploring Memory in Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End...
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, a short novel written by Neil Gaiman, is an almost fairytale-like story narrated from the perspective of a seven year-old boy. The novel opens with an adult man, who...
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Close Reading 7 of 12 (Point of View Shifts and Pacing in Sanderson’s Elantris)
Elantris, the first novel of Brandon Sanderson, is an epic fantasy that employs multiple points of view in telling the story. The novel opens from the perspective of Prince Raoden who has just been...
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Close Reading 8 of 12 (Narrative Voice in Pratchett’s Maskerade)
Maskerade, a novel by Terry Pratchett, is a humorous who-done-it in the fantasy world of Discworld. The novel follows Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax as they travel to Ankh-Morpork to simultaneously...
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Close Reading 9 of 12 (Action and Reflection in Cashore’s Graceling)
Graceling, the first novel of Kristin Cashore, is a young adult fantasy told from the point of view of eighteen year old Katsa, a Graceling. In the world of Katsa, most people are average humans. A...
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Close Reading 10 of 12 (POV Shifts in Bardugo’s Six of Crows)
Six of Crows, a novel by Leigh Bardugo set in a world where certain talented people called Grisha are manipulated, persecuted or enslaved, is a young adult fantasy told from the point of view...
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Close Reading 11 of 12: Externalizing the Internal in Shusterman’s Challenger...
Challenger Deep, a young adult novel by Neal Shusterman, tackles the complex reality of being a schizophrenic (or schizoaffective – it is not made entirely clear in the story) teenager. The entire...
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Close Reading 12 of 12: Exploiting Folklore as a Plot Tactic in Martin’s...
Before I jump into it, just a brief note. As part of my MFA, I was required to read at least 50 books and write a craft analysis of twelve of these books. This is the last of such formal written...
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Haiku and Thoughts
My words flow freely Through time and space and sadness Like sand through fingers I don’t exactly remember when I wrote this haiku. I do know that it’s ironic, because, currently, the words aren’t...
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Ursula K. Le Guin – The Dispossessed Quote
It is the nature of the idea to be communicated, written, spoken, done. The idea is like grass it craves light, likes crowds, thrives on crossbreeding, grows stronger from being stepped on. ~ Ursula K....
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On Other Worlds than These
I have been blazing through the rest of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King these last couple of weeks. I took a long break after reading The Gunslinger earlier this year. I’m on book seven now, and...
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