Natasha Sinclair's Blog, page 6
May 17, 2023
Print Price Changes
I do not speak for all independent publishers.
This is my base rationale for why I’ve chosen to utilise POD (Print On Demand) services.
I make no secret that when I began publishing, I never considered the traditional route. Honestly, I like the control and freedom of running a project end-to-end on my timeframe. And I need to understand processes end-to-end as much as possible and practical to do so.
Why print on demand?
Environmental: I don’t have to print more books (and other pro...
May 13, 2023
May 7, 2023
City Kill House
As a child, I used to beg my parents not to drive by it. “Please, can we take another road to get there?” I’d plead.
I’d have a visceral reaction on approaching this place. My insides would fill up with a sickening feeling like the air was choked with poison. My skin would prickle. Terror. Revulsion. Anger. Pain. Screaming. I could feel them scream. And how no one cared to stop it. What a world we live in. We turn so many blind eyes; it’s a wonder we see anything at all.
I hated being any...
May 6, 2023
The Cast of Delevan House #12
Mauve is introduced in Delevan House in the chapter ‘Ripples’, during Caoimhe Liùsaidh Delevan’s birth. Mauve, along with Fraoch, are the only two of…
The Cast of Delevan House #12
May 1, 2023
Art Inspires Art: Incesticide
I was asked recently about the cover for Incesticide: Collected Horror, so I’m sharing a wee bit about it here.
Music is a massive part of my life, inspiring me when I work. It helps me find grounding when the the Earth has fallen from my feet, and I can’t find anything else to tether onto. Art is a wonderful way of distracting us from pain or helping us face and conquer the demons taking up space. The title was chosen in homage to Nirvana — I am a huge grunge fan, and it is one of my com...
April 29, 2023
#BeBrazen Saturday
Last week we shared some insight into one of our most loved characters, The Threnody. The character who haunted Ruthann’s dreams, demanding to be …
#BeBrazen Saturday
April 21, 2023
The Cast of Delevan House #10
The Green Stones It’s always interesting when we can assign a personality or humanize the importance of inanimate objects in a story. There are …
The Cast of Delevan House #10
April 18, 2023
Inside Scoop
As with everything, it’s behind the doors, in the background, where the hard work happens. A carnage of crafting, ideas and all the building blocks to be meticulously chiselled.
Long hours of designing, creating, researching, writing and refining everything to a standard to be proud of. Work that will stand the test of time.
As individuals and as a collaborative partnership, Natasha and Ruthann are passionate about quality and giving our readers authentically creative material that they wo...
April 14, 2023
The Cast of Delevan House #9
One Should Keep Walking from a Walker We all know the easy analogies…like a month to a flame…stand too close to the fire, and you’ll get burned…on …
The Cast of Delevan House #9
April 8, 2023
Intermission
With spring holidays on both sides of the Brazen Folk Horror world, which means no breaks for us directly, rather the opposite, we are having a small…
Intermission
