I like the way you move the story along, leaving us with questions that keep the reader interested.
A couple of suggestions- be careful of tense shifts. (Look at the section of Chapter One that starts, "Sirius is a heavy drinker..." For that to be parallel with the rest, it should be "was a heavy drinker". If you want to go for an interior monologue, you can do something like this:
"The tax-collector's questions forced Sirius to face a reality he didn't much care for. He was a heavy drinker- and then there were the women."
Having said that, I like you dialogue and plotting. Shall read this one with pleasure.
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The dreams down here aren't broken, nah, they're walkin' with a limp...
The best-dressed newt in Mournhold.
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