T.K. Marnell

Looking to Critique

I have several projects in the works:

1) A novel set in 1890s England, focusing on the culture clash between the strict older generations of the upper/middle classes and the optimistic youths ushering in the 20th century

2) A novel set in present-day Philadelphia, playing off of the classic fairy tale of “Beauty and the Beast”

3) A series of short (c. 8-10k word) Victorian romances that feature people discovering and exploring their sexuality in a repressive era

Nope, I am a newbie

Yes, I’m serious about getting published

Deep critique. I am experienced with critiquing.

Enforced structure and deadlines

Monthly

I have self-published one YA novel and three of the short stories mentioned above, as well as a couple under pen names.

George Eliot, Edith Wharton, Dorothy Parker, Leo Tolstoy

Manga written for teenage girls. Smash Skip Beat! up with Middlemarch, and there you have my style.

http://blog.tkmarnell.com

I’m a twenty-something living in a cramped apartment in southern Indiana, trying to scrape together a living by spinning yarns. I hold degrees in biology and library science, neither of which (a) secured me a job or (b) have much to do with what or how I write :p

I like character-driven stories in realistic settings (though “realistic” can include fantasy worlds done well). My pet peeves include Mary Sues, pseudo-science, and thinly veiled misogyny/misandry/racism. Fair warning: my morals tend to be ambiguous and my plots on the slow side.

I have a vague memory of receiving an email from someone who won my first novel in a LibraryThing giveaway, recommending this site