It’s been radio silence on my end for the past few weeks, which isn’t cool at all. So today I’m jumping back into the game, filling you in on what’s been going on in my world, and update you the production of Grim Curio. Mo’ House, Mo’ Problems Last month I bought my first house. Woohoo! […]
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Themes of Grim Curio – Nihilism, The Absurd, and The Sacred is Dead
Themes are the underlying identity of a piece of fiction. In fairy tales, the prevailing theme is usually summed up in the final paragraph of the story. But in most fiction the theme is more of an underlying current, directing the reader to focus their attention of certain details. Ambitious works may use their themes […]
Grim Curio Writing Goals – A Deep Dive into the Ideas Behind The Process
When writing any work, it’s a good idea to establish goals. Some authors may focus their efforts on exploring the entire life of a character in a compelling way (Patrick Rothfuss and Name of the Wind). Another may focus on terse, expressive sentences and a relationship between father and son (Cormac McCarthy and The Road). Another […]
New Chapter – Read the Latest from Grim Curio
As of today, nine scenes now are available to read from my novel in progress Grim Curio. Read from the beginning, or start at this weeks new scenes. Ready to read the best dystopian novel of all time? Skip it and read Grim Curio instead! Blurb The world never ended. 500 years after three cataclysmic events, the last city […]
Grim Curio – Two New Scenes Just For You
If you haven’t had a change to dive into my work in progress, Grim Cuiro, now’s your opportunity. Three scenes are up on Wattpad. Stop on by and leave a comment 🗨. Read it here. About Grim Curio: The world never ended. 500 years after three cataclysmic events, the last city on earth struggles to survive. Now it’s […]
Grim Curio Working Copy Moving to Wattpad
For the last month I’ve been maintaining Grim Curio The Working Copy, a Google doc where I share the current readable chapters of Grim Curio with you. Well, it’s now time to uproot and move to a better environment. Now that I’m neck deep in the writing process, I feel like Grim Curio The Wroking Copy is better suited for […]
Grim Curio Gets a Shift in Perspective
If you’ve been following the production of Grim Curio, then you already know that it’s a story told in first person, past tense. Well that’s changing. The Problem I’d written 30,000 words before I realized that first person, past tense just wasn’t working out for the story I wanted to tell. I want an epic story told […]
Grim Curio Cover Reveal
For a while I’ve been of the mind that Grim Curio needs a decent cover. I know it’s still a work in progress, but I wanted an image to go with the name. So after a few weeks of playing around with cover design, I created something I think works to communicate the themes as […]
Fifteen Years A WriterA Short History of S.C. Barrus
It’s been nearly a month since I started this blog chronicling the production of my novel Grim Curio. I haven’t spent much of that time talking about myself, and that’s been deliberate. But today I want to do something different and share the writing journey I’ve gone through over the last fifteen years. High School […]
Grim Curio’s Style Update
The weekend’s almost over, but I’ve got a lot of work done. I’ve been focusing on the style of Grim Curio. Check out the first couple paragraphs, all newly rewritten: The wailing of worn iron hinges ripped me awake. The sound grated. It squealed with an irregular rhythm, accompanied by constant popped corn sounds […]