Galls & Walnuts
Books, Writing, & a Strange Life
Time is fruitful when distractions are abolished…
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What is originality but the life of a human from conception to mortification? As an aspiring writer, one of my greatest concerns is the “originality” of my story. I do not want to plunge my hands into the basket of tropes, only to pull out the usual candied tropes that…
Current Projects
These are placeholder covers for writing projects in the making.
Kings and Queens are long gone, executed during the Revolution. What took their place is much worse.
A poetry collection inspired by the human experience of death.
Beware whom you trust to fix your brokenness.
● Latest streams of consciousness—sort of
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Writing a Novel: I Have a lot of Sacrificing to Do
What’s the longest trip you’ve ever taken? Twenty years is a long time to be in “writer’s block” and I made the decision to remove…
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Tending to the Garden While Writing
In tending to the garden of my mind, I’ve neglected my actual garden. Summer has been brutal, and the heat has given me sun sickness…
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The Outsiders’ Book Club: Because I Could Not Stop for Death… by Emily Dickinson
A Reflection… Emily Dickinson’s 479th Poem is one of my top five favorite poems. I find myself quoting parts of it practically weekly as a…
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Japanese Novel Haul
I have a soft spot for Japanese culture—surprisingly to most it did not begin with anime. It all started in elementary school where I attended…
● About Me
Welcome to Galls & Walnuts! My name is Parker Wolfe, and I am an aspiring writer of Dark Fantasy Literature. I am documenting my writing process and reading habits after an uninspired decade. I have my lovely students to thank for reigniting this fire, so I hope I can live up to their blaze.
November Reading List
What I’m reading this month. Apparently, I’m not done with Halloween and Samhain!
Moods & Vibes
A mood board of ideas, interests, and discoveries.
Drinking Chai almost EVERY DAY
Adoring the autumn rainbow until the very last leaf…
The skull beanie I knit…
Volunteering locally…
Cozy Stuff
Baking and Cooking while Writing
