Neurodivergence in The Day We Ate Grandad I wasn't deliberately writing Ricky and Wes (and Mercy in The Crows) with ADHD. It's just that I gave them all the things that I struggle with, and all the traits that I wanted to examine in different situations, and it organically developed from there. I didn't even… Continue reading #EldritchGirl S03E05: things left unfinished
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#EldritchGirl S03E04: Old words make old things come out
Words of Power That little phrase, 'old words make old things come out', is based on a specific concept of language and the power inherent within a language that I'm playing with in the series. Ricky refuses to speak Welsh (established in The Crows) but has a fluent command of Old English which he feels… Continue reading #EldritchGirl S03E04: Old words make old things come out
#MonstrousMay 2023: The Mermaid
The Mermaid: A Brief Potted History There is apparently an old Sussex story about a giant knight (Sir Bevis) and a mermaid, which you can read here, but in Pagham-on-Sea The Mermaid is a pub. Don't confuse it with The Mermaid Inn in Rye, which is actually nice and somewhere to stay. No. Not that… Continue reading #MonstrousMay 2023: The Mermaid
#MonstrousMay 2023: Camouflaged
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT A REAL SUSSEX FOLKTALE, AND REV. J. D. ALLARDYCE NEVER EXISTED. HE IS A CHARACTER BRIEFLY MENTIONED IN THE DAY WE ATE GRANDAD, AND CREDITED WITH OTHER [FICTIONAL] FOLKLORE AND COLLECTED TALES FROM THIS [FICTIONAL] PLACE. The Dairymaid and the Knuckerhole Rev. J. D. Allardyce (collected 1899) Near the village of… Continue reading #MonstrousMay 2023: Camouflaged
#EldritchGirl S03E01: What the pest is HE doing here? Musings on Myrddin
What the pest is he doing here?Ricky Porter Introducing a Bearded Old Bastard Ricky has mentioned Myrddin and his distrust of Welsh poets before - towards the end of THE CROWS, where in his POV he is sulking about Eglantine Pritchard and the dangers of speaking Welsh, in case some 'bearded old bastard' shows up.… Continue reading #EldritchGirl S03E01: What the pest is HE doing here? Musings on Myrddin
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