#characters #Favouriteoutfit Maryika has two stories in my Treacle and Other Twisted Tales, and both feature her grandmother's tales of Russian folklore. But Maryika's dreams are more likely to involve a ballroom and a minor dvoryanin. #AugustAuthorChallenge2020 @darkstrokedark
#FavouriteOutfit Bare feet, bell-bottomed jeans and a cheesecloth blouse. 1979. It was hot, otherwise I'd have matched it with one of my handmade embroidered waistcoats. I'd be dressing like that to this day if I could. #AugustAuthorChallenge2020 @darkstrokedark
We all wear #manyhats. The beard hat is from the premier of #TheHobbit film (my sons had them too, but bottled out of wearing them). Loch Buie #IsleofMull and Mousa Island in #Shetland. All wonderful memories.
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#augustauthorchallenge2020 Random Facts
I once fell down a 40-foot cliff and got only bruises
I won a case of port in a poetry competition
I've climbed 1 Munro (Ben More on Mull)
My favourite icecream is (NZ) hokey pokey
Mum told me writing was a waste of time
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#mentor #authorfriend I'd like you to meet the wonderful @VoleQueen from @StirlingPublish. I've known her since she backed my first novel on Authonomy. She wrote this poignant, heart-rending story about the maid culture in Singapore.
#AUGUSTAUTHORCHALLENGE2020 @darkstrokedark
What inspired me to #startwriting? I don't remember a time when I didn't make up stories and poems. My mum used to complain that I always had my head in a book. Now I've given myself permission to live the dream. #AUGUSTAUTHORCHALLENGE2020 @darkstrokedark
My WIP has 3 main characters. Tiris is an exile, driven from her home because she breaks her society's repressive laws. Together with her dog, Cully, she sets off across the broken world to find the legendary City. #Authorlove #AugustAuthorChallenge2020 Day 3 @darkstrokedark
My main #WIP is a low-fantasy/slipstream post-apocalyptic novel interlinking three characters across three generations, each trying to mend their broken world. The World is Broken. We Mend it With Stories.
#Authorlove #AugustAuthorChallenge2020 Day 2 @darkstrokedark
