FAIRYTALES WITH BITE
I share some examples of Fairytale Mismatches tonight. What might happen when the Three Bears, just having had their house vandalized, meet a crone never before seen in the area selling suspiciously shiny food? Hmm… What might happen if Cinderella is confronted by the elves who helped the shoemaker for being careless enough to lose her glass slipper? I think there could be some very unhappy ever after endings here!
THIS WORLD AND OTHERS
I met Mark Miller of the Three Rivers Rail Community Partnership unexpectedly today and this was lovely as they are supporting my book signing session at Chandler’s Ford Railway Station on 8th July. It was great to meet him. I like surprises like that. Talking of which, in Surprises – Nice or Otherwise, I ask how do your characters react to surprises? If you write twist in the tale stories as I do, is there a twist and one that is reasonable based on the premise of your story? Life is full of surprises, many of which are life changing. How do your bring those into your story and how do your characters handle them?
FACEBOOK – GENERAL
I love interviewing other writers for Chandler’s Ford Today and I particularly relish finding out what inspired them to write in the first place. I talk more about this in tonight’s post. (Oh and yes I do love pictures of beautiful libraries incidentally!).
FACEBOOK – FROM LIGHT TO DARK AND BACK AGAIN
Two posts here tonight. I talk again about meeting Mark Miller but also share a link to my review on Chandler’s Ford Today a while ago of the wonderful guide book, Station Walks, which is fully supported by the Three Rivers Rail Community Partnership. I recommend both the book and the Salisbury walks in it, though I’d like to find time to try out the other walks listed.
My second post lists some of the advantages of flash fiction. This includes being easy to read both in terms of mobile devices (the stories look great on here and scrolling down is a doddle) but also, with print books, being easy to dip into as and when. (Yes, I know I’m biased!). Also there are more flash fiction competitions these days and you can even use flash as a way to draft a blurb for a book. See my post for more.
Allison Symes: Collected Works 