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Listen "Lucy Strange: How Scary is too Scary? | Mark Stay's Creative Differences Episode 14"
Episode Synopsis
Lucy Strange is an award-winning children’s author whose books feel like classic children’s literature, but are written in a style that is engaging and accessible for today’s younger readers. Most recently she’s collaborated with artist Pam Smy on their spooky, funny new series Lockett & Wilde’s Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries!Often inspired by folklore and fairy tales, Lucy combines historical settings with touches of magic and fantasy to create utterly convincing worlds in which anything might happen.And before becoming a professional writer, Lucy worked as an English teacher for fifteen years. Having also trained and worked as an actor, Lucy narrates her own audiobooks, winning the 2019 Audie Award for The Secret of Nightingale Wood.WE DISCUSS:Collaborating with illustratorsWhat Lucy learned from abridging Mary Shelley's FrankensteinWriter's Block and how to deal with itAnd how scary is too scary when writing for children?And much more!LINKSLucy's Website: https://www.lucystrange.orgThe Episode with GB Ralph: https://markstaycreativedifferences.com/2024/12/12/episode-5-with-gb-ralph-share-the-excitment/ What's Giving Us Joy...Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry: https://serpentstail.com/work/the-essex-serpent/ Instead of a Letter, Diana Athill: https://granta.com/products/instead-of-a-letter/ Once Upon a River, Diane Setterfield: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/437745/once-upon-a-river-by-diane-setterfield/9781784163631 Death at the Sign of the Rook, Kate Atkinson: https://www.kateatkinson.co.uk/books/death-at-the-sign-of-the-rook/ Buckingham Nicks: https://www.roughtrade.com/product/lindsey-buckingham-and-stevie-nicks/buckingham-nicksSuperstore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstore_(TV_series) Robert Redford: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_RedfordA huge thanks to Emily for production assistance, to Kai Newton for the edit, and Dominic Currie for the jingle. Support the showVisit https://markstaycreativedifferences.com/Join The Green Room: https://ko-fi.com/markstaywriter/tiersBuy my books here: https://witchesofwoodville.com/#bookshopAnd there's more about me at: https://markstaywrites.com/
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