DREWspective

This is a pivotal scene from my unfinished novel, where the protagonist is being held in a padded cell as a result of his actions.

I aim to have a completed version of the novel by the end of this year, as it’s been in the pipeline for way too long. I won’t divulge what the actual plot is, but it’s loosely based on my experiences at university.

As for this model: I’d started building something like this two years ago, and the challenge was to build a structure where the white squares would line up with each other. Only through experience with building and knowledge of Lego parts and advanced building techniques was I able to come up with a solution. Those 100+ white tiles I’d ordered from Lego came in useful after all.

Since nobody’s going to feature me or my work (and I use the word “going” because it’s completely by choice), I might as well promote myself.

This is my entry for the Eurobricks “Expand the Winter Village 2″ competition: a rural shop selling formal eveningwear, with a radio station on the top floor. The main building was completely reworked from the first revision.

This is also the last ever time I enter a Lego-related competition. I’ve entered a few since coming out of my “dark age”, and to this day I’ve not received a single vote for any of my entries – so entering is always disappointing and quite frankly a waste of time.
Unfortunately or not, Lego-related competitions are always about aesthetics over ideas, and there are many other builders far more talented, more accepted and more popular than me.

However this goes – and I’ll be posting the complete list of entries once it’s ready – I’m content enough with this building to keep it, not least because I’d waited so long to build it. I am under no illusion that I’m going to win, because there are many great entries, but again it would be nice to go out with at least one vote.

More pictures can be found in the respective Brickshelf folder.

Drew

Thank you for letting me read your work.

SYLA receives a large number of submissions each month and, therefore, it is impossible to provide detailed feedback on every script. The reasons for rejecting submissions tend to be subjective and do not preclude a writer pursuing a writing career by seeking another literary agent’s response.

I hope you are able to find an agent soon.

Yours

Susan

Without adding any unnecessary herbs and spices to this post, I had to read this email – which came this morning, after the manuscript was submitted last Thursday – two or three times to understand it was a rejection letter.

One thing I’ve dabbled in here on DREWspective is showcasing some of the unsung heroes of the Lego MOCing world: people who’ve created something great, but often don’t get the recognition or praise I feel they deserve. I haven’t done a good job of that recently, and I have found myself veering towards some of the more popular MOCs.

That’s essentially the root problem of things such as featuring and promoting other people, particularly online: there’s a tendency to promote people whom are already popular – whom people already know of – as well as give them added bonuses and perks in some cases.
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