Walker Buckalew
Juggling Time
Time gets “juggled” in two ways in my novels. First, the action usually takes place on more than one continent, separated by the Atlantic...
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Walker Buckalew
Jan 27, 20202 min read
Wounds
Almost every major character, good or bad, gets wounded or, in a few cases, actually killed, at some point in my stories, both in the...
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Walker Buckalew
Jan 13, 20203 min read
Underground and Underwater
A lot of things – good and bad – can happen below the surface of the ground or of the water. In the novel I’m working on now, a labyrinth...
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Walker Buckalew
Jan 6, 20202 min read
Malinois, Shepherds, and Borders
Three breeds of highly intelligent dogs appear in my fourth novel for adults, which is titled Choose You This Day. Since many readers are...
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Walker Buckalew
Dec 9, 20193 min read
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
Jul 5, 20193 min read
A Real-Life Character
I have already mentioned in an earlier post that the characters in my novels – adult novels and young-adult novels alike – are not based...
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Walker Buckalew
Jun 14, 20192 min read
Cover Art
You may or may not know that there are artists who specialize in creating book covers. It’s what they do to earn their living. Other...
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Walker Buckalew
May 30, 20193 min read
“I really enjoyed your book”
Occasionally I – like other authors – get thank-you notes from people who have read one of my novels. They sometimes write, “I really...
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Walker Buckalew
Apr 2, 20192 min read
What Do I Read?
Adult readers at my book signings, or students in classrooms, often ask me what I like to read. I’m not sure what other fiction writers...
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Walker Buckalew
Mar 7, 20193 min read
Site Selection: Studying the Scene
My wife Linda and I were visiting Rome, Italy, when I reached a particular point in my third novel for adults, Such Thy Mercies. I needed...
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Walker Buckalew
Feb 26, 20192 min read
Why England?
I became a Christian when I was 19 years old, while reading C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity, and I’ve never stopped reading C. S. Lewis....
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Walker Buckalew
Feb 17, 20192 min read
Writing in the First Person
“My mother has a scar on her face that goes from here to here. The scar traces a flattened V-shape across her cheek. It starts near her...
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Walker Buckalew
Feb 8, 20193 min read
Boats and Ships and Weapons
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
Jan 24, 20192 min read
Researching Novels: the Border Collie Lesson
Dogs have important roles in my novels, both in the adult and in the young-adult stories. Some of my books have more than one featured...
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Walker Buckalew
Jan 14, 20192 min read
My Female Characters Tell Me What Happens Next...
Female Lead Characters and Writer’s Block Over the years, when I have been speaking to students in their classrooms, or to adults at...
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