#LGBTQWriteAThon October 8:

What genre is your WIP?

Tam Lin is Scottish folk ballad where our heroine saves our hero from the Queen of the fairies. It's a #Fantasy but there elements of the mythical, Scottish Folk, naturalist spirit and oral balladry

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#PlotTober 8th October

Janet's conflict comes from both the mortal and spirit world.
The strict morals of the mortal world demand she conform; in the spirit world she must survive the trials she faces as the queen of the fairies tries to prevent her rescuing Tam Lin

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#QueerPrompts 8th October:

International Lesbian Day: GIF/Audio or description of a favorite lesbian character

Most of my characters are LGBTQ+ but not in my current WIP. I'm working on a novelisation of #TamLin a 16th century Scottish folk ballad. As you can appreciate there were few out characters during that period so instead let me wish you a blessed #InternationalLesbianDay & this...

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Tam Lin is an old tale of a young woman who made decisions & lived with the consequences. It is also romance, adventure, and mystery, for the fae are a part of that tale.

Over on Reactor, Rachel Ayers talks about six of her favorite modern retellings of the bones of Tam Lin, from alternative world fantasies to college campus stories. #TamLin

One of my favorites is THE PERILOUS GARD by Pope.

https://reactormag.com/a-knight-to-remember-six-retellings-of-the-story-of-tam-lin/

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Describe your main character in twelve words challenge.

Janet is of her time yet eternal, headstrong but fearfully brave.

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Tam Lin really is a - and I can think of no other way to put this - completely f———ed up ballad if you stop and actually listen to the story, isn’t it? Seriously, check it out if you’re unfamiliar https://youtu.be/WhZSkbuGc1k

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2syqB9yCNW/

Saddened to hear of the passing of dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah.

He wrote and performed one of my favorite versions of the tale of Tam Lyn.

https://youtu.be/7bIvFg5fXUM?si=-dl85tE8hTeSoEWZ

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