Thanks to everyone continuing to join the conversation about compelling characters in the Great Blogging Experiment. There's still plenty to talk about!
Over the past couple of months, there have been several new folks joining the table here at Nevets.QST, so I thought I would take a brief moment today just to introduce myself and my writing so that you all can better understand where I'm coming from, where I'm going to, and the type of things you can expect us to to talk about here.
I write psychological suspense and short, character-driven literary fiction. My style brushes up against experimental without ever truly committing to that. I'm at my best when I write from a voice-heavy first-person POV and I take a lot of pride in characterization through voice and giving readers a vicarious emotional experience of a psyche utterly different from their own.
I am currently working on two novels, one of which, Sublimation, I hope to have prepared for circulating to agents sometime after the flush of crappy new NaNo manuscripts is out of their slush piles in December or January. The other, Ennui and Malaise, should only be a few months behind. Both novels, in different ways, play somewhere between the intimate psychological suspense of RJ Ellory and the human horror of Dean Koontz, all within a Ludlum-esque framework of conspiracy and intrigue and employing larger-than-life symbols and elements a la Palahniuk.
Thematically, what typically interests me the interplay of philosophical questions and human psychology, as seen when real people are toppled from a position of strength and forced to face realities for which they may be ill-prepared.
I'm not a full-time writer, though I hope someday to be. I work full time as an IT manager and volunteer with the local EMS. My background includes a BA in history, an MA in anthropology, and formal education in and experience in forensic anthropology and archaeology, as well a lot of other various odds and ends. My wife Rose and I live in Indiana with our cat Wonderbread, but we'd love to move westward at sometime, assuming I can never convince her to move into a South East Asian rain forest.
My name's Nevets. Nice to meet you. :)
I'd love to get to know you as well, if you care to leave a thoughts about yourself and your writing in the comments!
.Nevets.
EDIT: I should have mentioned this in the post originally, but check out my website, www.Nevets-QST.com, for links to same sample stories and flash fiction.
You seem to be a rather ambitious writer.
ReplyDeleteWell, at least we share an ambition to create interesting characters :D
Nevets - how on earth do you manage two novels at a time? It must be a bit like looking after twins...
ReplyDeleteNevets, I thought I'd stop by and wish you congrats on winning a prize in the Cinders blog book tour! Check out your prize here.
ReplyDelete@Dorte - Ambitious, eh? Never really thought of myself as that way. Hmm. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
ReplyDelete@Frances - The secret is never knowing when to shut up, because then you have more than enough words to go around. lol
@Michelle -- Sweet! Thanks!
Nice to meet you. I plan to buy your story and read it. I finally got some money so I can.
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I'd love to hear what you think, Clarissa, whether love it or hate. I'm game either way. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I should have thought of it before and have now added it to the post, but anyone trying to get a handle on my writing style can check out my website (www.Nevets-qst.com) for links to some samples.
"I write psychological suspense and short, character-driven literary fiction. My style brushes up against experimental without ever truly committing to that. I'm at my best when I write from a voice-heavy first-person POV and I take a lot of pride in characterization through voice and giving readers a vicarious emotional experience of a psyche utterly different from their own."
ReplyDeleteWell, I think this sounds ambitious - perhaps also daunting for someone who just wants to write crime fiction to entertain people ;D
Sublimation sounds great ^_^ "Crappy NaNo" Haha, nice. You have potential, a goal, and a strong will and that's what'll make you a really good author one day (hopefully soon)
ReplyDeleteThanks for helping all the "newbies" get to know you. I write picture and chapter books. My current MS recently entered the query wars and I'm working up the motivation to begin a new PB. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm addicted to character driven fiction. Loved your website. I write dark, character driven non-formulaic mysteries which [much to my surprise] fall under the psychological thriller and suspense genres. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should submit *during* NaNoMo, before the slush hits the fan.
ReplyDelete@Dorte - I suppose that does sound ambitious, but I try to do it in a way that the reader doesn't know it's going until after after, so it feelts less ambitious to me. lol
ReplyDelete@Kirthi - Thanks! And I know there are some good NaNo novels. I know of one *awesome* novel that had its start as a NaNo piece. But I also that, while I take net-savvy agents witha grain of salt, agents whine and moan about unpolished NaNo submissions flooding them shortly after.
@Shannon - Awesome! Good luck on the query wars! Also, you live in Montana so that's bonus points. :)
@VW - I'm glad you liked the website. Sounds like I would very much enjoy your writing.
@Tara - Trust me, I'm going to be grinding to see if I can finish on time to do that. I'm just not planning on it because I'm not sure it's doable and I don't need to manufacture more stress. :)
It's nice to have a formal introduction. Thanks again for following my blog too. I fee like I'm only going to improve as a writer through your association.
ReplyDelete@Scott - My pleasure, and I hope to gain something from our association, as well!
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