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Show C-2 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 17-20, 2018 Student creates her own ‘Dominion’ Nora Wall’s debut novel is available on Amazon.com SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Fifteen-year-old Nora Wall, a ninth grader at Treasure Mountain Jr. High School, is fascinated by authors George Orwell, Ray Bradbury and Ayn Rand. She enjoys the brand of science fiction and dystopian stories they tell, so it isn’t a surprise that her debut young adult novel “The Dominion” also takes place in a totalitarian world where there is no individuality. The book, which is available on Amazon, is about 226 Veronica, a young woman who works in one of the government’s basic departments. While employed, she begins to doubt about whether or not the four government-appointed Guardians -- Leader, Educator, Enforcer and Caregiver -- have her and her world’s best YourParkCityAgent.com WHAT MY CLIENTS ARE SAYING “Sheila Hall is absolutely wonderful....she was knowledgeable in every aspect of our real estate experience and a true pleasure... I highly recommend her! She was instrumental in finding our home in the Pinebrook(Pine Ridge) area of Park City.” -B.M. ~ Zillow SH E I L A HA L L BRANCH BROKER 435.640.7162 | sheila @sheilahall.com 1700 Park Avenue | Park City, Utah 84060 ABOVE: COURTESY OF LISA WALL RIGHT: COURTESY OF AMAZON.COM Nora Wall, a 15-year-old ninth grader who attends Treasure Mountain Junior High School, has published her first novel, “The Dominion,” which is available at Amazon. The story is about a woman who works for a controlling government in a dystopian future. interest in mind, Wall said. “The numbers in (citizens’ names) make it easy for the Guardians to track each person,” Wall said. Unlike some authors, Wall didn’t base many of her characters on people she knew. “There is one character who I based the appearance off of my sister, but it’s because my sister looks so different from me,” she said, giggling. “The Dominion” is the culmination of Wall’s early years of storytelling and revealing her thoughts while living abroad in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, where she attended an international British school. “I’ve been interested in writing since I was 5,” she said. “I think it’s a really productive and enjoyable way to express myself. It’s also a good way to escape from school and sports.” Still, Wall is grateful for her teachers who encouraged her writing in Abu Dhabi. “My teachers encouraged me to write stories and poems, and I entered a few writing competitions,” she said. Most of Wall’s poems were about outer space, which is another of her interests, and her short stories were all fictional works. “I would try out new genres and styles, but I always wanted to be an author because I liked to read fiction,” she said. D b All of her earlier works kindled Wall’s passion for writing. “They also made me more determined to write a book,” she said. “Writing a poem is different than writing a 30,000-word book.” Wall began writing “The Dominion” on her iPad Notes app when she was 12. “I would write during vacations and breaks,” she said. “I would also write very late at night when no one was awake and everything was very quiet.” While she was first drafting the book, Wall didn’t have intentions of publishing it. “I didn’t think anyone would publish it or that anyone would ever read it,” she said. That changed when her parents, Lisa and Joe Wall, who both served as U.S. Army offi- cers and helicopter pilots, read the manuscript. “We loved it,” Lisa Wall said. “We decided to self-publish it, and knew there were some things she needed to change.” So the family put the word out on a neighborhood blog and asked if anyone had self-publishing experience. Two local authors - Gabriela Arellano, the author of the “Kena” children’s book series, and Melissa Marsted, owner of Lucky Penny Press Publishing and author of children’s books -- responded. Arellano was the one who recommended CreateSpace, an on-demand publishing platform that was available through Amazon.com. Please see Student, C-3 © 2016 BHH Affiliates, LLC. An independently owned and operated subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and a franchisee of BHH Affiliates, LLC. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America, Inc. Equal Housing Opportunity. 485 Sou th 250 We st Midwa y ANTIQUES! ANTIQUES! ANTIQUES! HISTORIC MIDWAY UTAH ESTATE SALE SATURDAY MARCH 17 TH 10 AM-4 PM THIS IS AN AMAZING ESTATE SALE. IT IS OVERFLOWING WITH BEAUTIFUL, UNIQUE AND RARE FINDS. 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