1. This story will be the first chapter of the sequel to my novel Ghostkiller, if I ever write one.
2. The story introduces Sarah Mack, but watch out for Mr. Tom. He's a carryover from Ghostkiller. I'm not sure if he's a villain or not, yet. Mostly a decent fellow who wasn't as strong as he thought he was.
3. In the world of this story, both psychic powers and magic exist. Sarah is one of the few who can do both.
4. I had to look up British slang to get 'four-banger'. Some other slang-y bits I made up.
5. I didn't have to look up the A1. Jethro Tull mentions it in their song Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die.
6. I have a lot of song lyrics and movie/TV dialog in the back of my head, pieces of which pop up whenever the scene I'm writing makes them relevant. That doesn't mean I use them.
7. Most of the time I make a deliberate effort to do something different. My only rule of writing is "If you've seen it done before, don't do it again", so wherever you think my stories are likely to go, chances are they won't.
8. I also had no desire to delve into Arthurian folklore and skirted the edges as much as possible.
9. The reference to the grail is foreshadowing a foreshadow (if I ever write the sequel). Foreshadowing squared?
10. My preferred method for describing the world of the story is through the characters perceiving it, rather than from my author's-eye view, which is why slang like four-banger is important.
11. I also saw a few youtube videos on British speech patterns and how they vary depending on where you are. I'm not sure if word choice shapes character or character shapes word choice. Probably both.
12. When I write dialog, I hear it as the character would say it, accent and all.
13. I'm not big on research. If it helps me shape the characters, fine, but I don't do world-building for its own sake.
14. The line 'that is not for you' plays in my head in some sepulchral voice of doom, but I don't know the right font for that. This is the only bit of the story that I expected but I had no idea how the story was going to get there.
15. Dreamtime Damsels and Fatal Femmes is a charity anthology! As with Dreamtime Dragons, the Dreamtime Fantasy Authors continue to support the Abbington Ferret Refuge in Northamptonshire, England.
8. I also had no desire to delve into Arthurian folklore and skirted the edges as much as possible.
9. The reference to the grail is foreshadowing a foreshadow (if I ever write the sequel). Foreshadowing squared?
10. My preferred method for describing the world of the story is through the characters perceiving it, rather than from my author's-eye view, which is why slang like four-banger is important.
11. I also saw a few youtube videos on British speech patterns and how they vary depending on where you are. I'm not sure if word choice shapes character or character shapes word choice. Probably both.
12. When I write dialog, I hear it as the character would say it, accent and all.
13. I'm not big on research. If it helps me shape the characters, fine, but I don't do world-building for its own sake.
14. The line 'that is not for you' plays in my head in some sepulchral voice of doom, but I don't know the right font for that. This is the only bit of the story that I expected but I had no idea how the story was going to get there.
15. Dreamtime Damsels and Fatal Femmes is a charity anthology! As with Dreamtime Dragons, the Dreamtime Fantasy Authors continue to support the Abbington Ferret Refuge in Northamptonshire, England.
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If you found these facts interesting, don't miss "Sleeping Dragons" within the covers of Dreamtime Damsels and Fatal Femmes, by the Dreamtime Fantasy Authors!
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