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Episode 46 with Peter McLean – urban & grimdark fantasy author
“Grimdark doesn’t work like that. If your leg gets cut off, you’re going to get gangrene.”
Episode 46 – Peter McLean – Show Notes
- Writing binges. Plotter and pantser
- Strong black coffee and whiskey
- Thriller writer at heart but in the fantasy genre
- Aftermath of war, Peaky Blinders, retired service people as sensitive readers
- Defining “grim dark” – consequences and more in line with reality
- Reading and writing
- First novel published was the fourth novel completed
- Ed McDonald, Sarah Pinborough, Crab- cakes and Courtesans – republican Athenian social history, Anna Smith Spark, Joe Abercrombie, George RR Martin, Stephen King, Tanith Lee
- Exploring different POVs
- Writing urban fantasy but reading swords and horses fantasy
- Priest of Bones inspired by a gangster character in a Joe Abercrombie novel and Peaky Blinders
- The explanation behind the name Talonwraith
“I am one of the most undisciplined writers you’ll ever meet.”
“Just years and years of practice. I don’t think there are any shortcuts.”
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