E.T. Gunnarsson
E.T. Gunnarsson translates imagination into words for a living. His debut book Forgive Us was awarded Best Sci-Fi book in the 2021 San Francisco Book Festival and Best Post-Apocalyptic Book in the 2021 Fiction Awards.
Born and raised in the Rocky Mountains (9,000 feet altitude!), E.T. now resides in central Colorado with his dwarfed Cane Corso and his lifelong interest in Norse myth and culture. A storyteller from an early age, Mr. Gunnarsson spent his formative years developing his writing skills on international roleplay sites.
Outside of writing, E.T. is a well-versed individual. He trained with two different Olympic squads, is an expert in Norse mythology, an experimental cook, a woodcarver, an avid action roleplay gamer, a Judo brown belt, and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu purple belt.
It’s easy to find E.T. on Facebook and Instagram: just search for his name. His legendary interviews can be found on Youtube and other websites. Or, visit bragipress.com to reach his publisher.
Comments
You have done a great job of…
You have done a great job of describing the dystopian setting, and painting a vivid picture of a polluted and impoverished future society. I did get a sense that a few sections felt rushed but other than that I really enjoyed your story.
Good sense of atmosphere
There is good atmosphere here suggestive of the bleak, dystopian setting. Watch for telling worldbuilding that gives the reader a lot of worldbuilding information packed into a paragraph. There were occasional word choice concerns, e.g. describing the homeless people as a 'herd' which reads a little dehumanizing in word choice (and which some readers thus may take offence to).
There are some places where different stylistic choices would aid clarity. For example, 'With a kick, the man fell and allowed Robert to sprint after his friend William...' Written as 'With a kick, the man fell, allowing Robert to sprint after his friend...' with the participle it reads less as 'allow' in the sense of 'granting permission.'
There was good use of secondary sources (such as the breaking news from Texas to fill the reader in on background unfolding events).