Episode 62 with Suzanne J Willis – fantasy short story & flash-fiction writer

‘The best kind of fairies, you know, the nasty ones’

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Episode 62 – Suzanne J Willis – Show Notes

• A natural pantser but learning to plot and outline. A structure helps to hit the right beats
• Making notes every day but not writing every day
• Tea and chocolate – freckles
• Connection between music and writing: lyrical and poetic.
• Themes of lack of belonging, search for self or a home, life and music
• Learning that the language is secondary to the story and the interaction between characters gives rise to the plot
• Writing novellas: taking up an opportunity
• Jeanette Winterson, Patricia McKillip, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Angela Slater
• Importance of word of mouth for recommendations
• Portals and evil fairies in ‘Silver String in between worlds’
• Novella for Broken Cities shared world for Falstaff Books.
• Upcoming stories in Syntax & Salt Magazine

‘The language is inseparable from the story itself’

‘It’s a good thing to learn your bad habits.

Links

• Suzanne J Willis

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