by Lucy Hounsom | May 27, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSOur identity is who we are. But for such a seemingly simple concept, our identities are extremely complex. We aren’t the only ones who decide our identities. Society places labels on us that we often don’t feel...
by Megan Leigh | May 13, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe basic principles of writing a book are simple – come up with an idea, write it. Of course, it isn’t really that simple, it is a lot of hard work, but that’s about the size of it, right? Well, not...
by Lucy Hounsom | April 29, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhy do we need monsters in our fiction? Why do we want to be frightened? When they pick up a book, do readers enter into a pact with a writer, as Catriona Ward describes: a pact that says I share your fear,...
by Megan Leigh | April 15, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhen you look, communities are everywhere. They can be the people where you live, the people who share the same interest as you, the people you volunteer with. They can be as small as a household or as big as a city....
by Lucy Hounsom | April 1, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSpirituality exists in every work of fiction in some form or other, but most often manifests as divinity. Gods and goddesses never seem to go out of fashion. Why do authors turn to a god or pantheon of gods to...
by Megan Leigh | March 18, 2021 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBeing a parent is not glamorous. It’s hard work and it often goes unappreciated – in life and in fiction. When we do see parents represented in our fiction, we tend to see a very limited kind of representation....
