Madeleine D'Este's Blog, page 7
March 22, 2019
#58 – Patty Jansen – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 58 – Patty Jansen– award-winning science-fiction & fantasy writer‘Don’t bore the reader. Don’t annoy the reader. Don’t confuse the reader.’
[image error] Episode 58 – Patty Jansen – Show Notes Do something on the manuscript every day Being a rebel and going with the flowWriting after 4pm and into the evening Themes – down to earth, gritty and difficult topics – sex, religion and politics. Duality in the pr...
March 9, 2019
#57 – Lucy Snyder – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 57 – Lucy Snyder– five times Bram Stoker award-winning writer‘Tell us what characters think about what they’re seeing.’
[image error] Episode 57 – Lucy Snyder – Show Notes Writing the type of fiction she’d like to readDefining ‘weird fiction’Science facts writing and reading informs science-fictionThe benefits of writing a poem a weekCoffee with milkThemes of real-life loss and trauma mixed with the supern...February 22, 2019
#56 – Alex Harrow – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 56 – Alex Harrow – queer SFF author‘As I edited it, it just got queerer and queerer.’
[image error] Episode 56 – Alex Harrow – Show Notes A secret closet pantser who also loves index cards and Scrivener – ‘dots connector’Daily writer but not all writing is at the keyboard Agile method of writing in sprintsTrinity of drinks – coffee, tea and waterEnglish as a second language influenced the approach to writi...February 9, 2019
#55 – Orna Ross – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 55 – Orna Ross – poet, novelist & non-fiction writer“Formally practising with free writing gives you all sort of training as a writer but also as a human being.”
[image error] Episode 55 – Orna Ross – Show Notes Wanting to write fiction when writing non-fiction and vice versaWrite for the first couple of hours each dayWriting full time led to procrastinationCoffee. Never tea.Themes of conversations around...January 27, 2019
#54 – Sandra Ireland – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 54 – Sandra Ireland – writer of tartan gothic“I like to be scared when I’m writing.”
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Episode 54 – Sandra Ireland – Show Notes Morning writing – not as creative in the afternoon Goal of 500 words per day Ritual of two cups of tea and one cup of coffee in favourite mug Dark, creepy with a heavy dose of menace, toxic relationships Landscape as a starting point for writing – sense of place to in...January 19, 2019
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward – retelling Lovecraft in a ‘Serial’ way
I’m a massive podcast fan – I’ve been listening since the iPod era – but I tend to stick to the interview style of podcasts (except for Strange Tales and the BBC Play of the Week audio drama). And despite all the acclaim and popularity, I haven’t ventured into the serialised investigative podcast genre.
But what I have been gobbling up this week is a mixture of the two – The Case of Charles Dexter Ward from BBC Radio 4.
This appeared in my podcast feed as an audio drama of an HP Lovecraft st...
January 12, 2019
#53 – Vanessa Garcia – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 53 – Vanessa Garcia – novelist, playwright & journalist“Write the scenes you want to write.”
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Episode 53 – Vanessa Garcia – Show Notes Sesame Street writers room Intersperse long projects with shorter projects Playwriting is collaborative with the director and scenes devised in the moment Writing whenever you can. Cuban coffee – cafecito Obsessed with Cuba – overcoming economic and familial e...December 29, 2018
#52 – Kirsten Imani Kasai – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 52 with Kirsten Imani Kasai – writer, academic & editor“I like grit and blood and meat in my work.”
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Episode 52 – Kirsten Imani Kasai – Show Notes Pantser at heart using an outline as a roadmap but allowing serendipity Novels allow layering Tea – Yorkshire Gold with vanilla cream or port and red wine Writing described as dark and weird Exploring love, romance, illness, death, spirituality and...December 12, 2018
#51 – Hester Fox – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 51 with Hester Fox – artist & writer of gothic historical fiction“A love letter to New England set at this beautiful house.”
[image error] Episode 51 – Hester Fox – Show Notes Not necessarily writing every day but doing things ‘writing-related’ every day Tea, snack, cosy-up with the cat or coffee shop ambience Conversion from pantser to plotter Dark, gothic with a happy ending – strong female relationship...November 24, 2018
#50 – Cathi Stoler – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 50 with Cathi Stoler – award-winning crime writer“When I was younger I wanted to be a spy.”
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Episode 50 – Cathi Stoler – Show Notes Writing crime as a pantser Not a plot spreadsheet but a character spreadsheet Real dialogue and real-life crimes – identity theft, fraud, violent crime and how people are affected Eavesdropping Crime writing conferences in the USA – Malice Domestic, Bouchercon, I...
