Breaking Down the Tale & Book Recommendations This is my first post of 2024, and the final BATB post! Let's look at how this story can be Gothic, Horror, Dark Romance... and then some examples of this in books in these genres. Catch up on the whole series of fairy tale posts here. The elements… Continue reading ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in Gothic/Horror Stories
Hi everyone! For those who would like to join in, I'm running an interactive creative approaches to history course in December based on a real medieval murder case. I'm a medievalist by training and teach Adult Learning courses at Cardiff University's Centre for Continuing and Professional Education (CPE), and for December I'm teaming up with… Continue reading Medieval Murder and Modern Day Detectives
On Saturday 15 August 2020 I took part in the Romancing the Gothic's Gothic Creative Day via Zoom, leading a workshop on world building and language. The workshop was not recorded, but it was pretty popular, so I'd be happy to run it again. In the meantime, here are my slides for you to play… Continue reading World Building and Language Workshop
Days 26-31 #SelfieSunday! Show us some good times! Do you specify when your WiP is set or do you prefer to keep it vague and timeless? The Crows had its own timeline, from April-May (although the year isn't specified, it can be inferred from the dates). The plan is to line up the stories by… Continue reading #WriterlyWiPChat: July Q&A Week 4 (and a bit!) Part 2
Days 22-25 Do you edit as you go, or push through that first draft? It honestly varies. I do a little bit of editing as I go through, but the first draft will morph and shift under me through weeks of experimental writing until I get the plot and outline right, figure the characters out… Continue reading #WriterlyWiPChat: July Q&A Week 4 (and a bit!) Part 1
