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  • Lyndsey Croal: World building inspired by Scottish Folklore recorded live at Cymera 2025
    2025/06/11
    Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. In this episode, recorded live at the Cymera Festival in Edinburgh we speak to speculative fiction writer Lyndsey Croal about her approaches to world building in her short fiction, novels and audio drama. We would like to thank Lyndsey Croal for being our guest on this episode, Ann Landmann and her team at Cymera for hosting us and our live audience for playing along with the games and general silliness during the recording. You can read a transcript of this episode here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ahQ2AP1UtFZkjoYx0woJMOeWvjID6lAT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115587715767862763681&rtpof=true&sd=true To find out more about Lyndsey Croal and her work please go to https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal You can follow Lyndsey on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/lyndseycroal/ And BlueSky here https://bsky.app/profile/lyndseycroal.bsky.social Find out about the Cymera Festival here https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/ In this episode we heard from audience member Lindsey Stirling and you can find out more about Lindsey and her books by visiting her website here. https://lindseystirling.uk/ Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative Stories Find out more about Emily and her work by visiting her website here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/ Listen to The Dex Legacy and Wasteland, Emily’s award-winning audio drama series here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-home/ And follow Emily on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/ And Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/emilyinkpen.bsky.social Find out more about Chris Gregory and Alternative Stories here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories Follow them on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/ And Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.social If you would like to get in touch with the show to recommend a guest for a future episode or to book a Writing Worlds live show for your convention or literary event please contact us via office@alternativestories.com Writing Worlds is free to listen to but not free to make. If you would like to support the show and receive our eternal gratitude you can do so via this link https://ko-fi.com/alternativestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Welcome to Writing Worlds
    2025/05/10
    Welcome to the first episode of The Writing World Podcast with our regular presenters Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory. Writing Worlds is aimed at writers and those who love to hear about the process of designing and describing imaginary worlds in fiction. We'll talk to writers, drama makers and those on the periphery of world building who bring these worlds to life. Each week we'll introduce new topics and guests and introduce regular features and games. The show will be formally launched at the Cymera Festival in Edinburgh on June 7th (find out more about Cymera and buy tickets here https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/ Emily Inkpen is the award-winning writer of The Dex Legacy audio drama as well as an author of novels and short fiction. She has written in the games industry and for medical organisations. As well as a writer she is a drama director, voice actor and podcaster. https://www.emilyinkpen.com/ Chris Gregory is an audio producer, director, composer and sound designer. He founded the production company Alternative Stories which produces the global chart-topping audio drama The Dex Legacy as well as Wasteland, Burnout and Spec Fic Radio Theatre. You can find links to all our audio drama productions and other podcasts via this link. https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories You can follow us on social media via the links below Emily: https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/ https://bsky.app/profile/emilyinkpen.bsky.social Chris and Alternative Stories: https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/ https://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.social If you would like to get in touch to suggest a topic to cover or guest for the show or simply to say helllo., we'd love to hear from you. Please contact us via email at office@alternativestories.com Learn about our writing workshops and courses at our Eventbrite page here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alternative-stories-32973233175 Support the show https://ko-fi.com/alternativestories
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    59 分
  • Writing Worlds Trailer
    2025/05/07
    Welcome to Writing Worlds, a podcast about the art of writing worlds and settings in sci-fi, fantasy and horror. In this short trailer you can hear our presenters Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory introducing the show. Listen out for a full-length preview episode coming soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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