Re: An author among us
It is a little difficult to explain. I am sure others can do a better job here. There are a LOT of good writers of English here, mostly the non-resident Pakistanis and Indians. I think that is because they read a LOT.
But what do you mean by “making small houses of clay” ?
Are you trying to be poetic here ?
This should just be a list of factual information.
In the last sentence, ‘also paintings’ is not an action word like ‘writes’.
It should say ‘paints’.
Even with that fix, the last bit ‘in addition to his stories’ sounds a little awkward.
You could say ‘… also paints and writes poetry and stories’.
Or ‘… also paints and writes poetry, in addition to writing his stories’.
Besides, if somebody cannot see these errors and has to ask, it raises the question whether they have the necessary command over the language that they are writing, and publishing a full-length novel, in.
Please see that all of this assumes that you have written the sentences we are discussing.