Interview with ‘dark and weird’ writer, Alison Littlewood
‘History, folklore, ghosts and spooky things.’
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Episode 75 – Alison Littlewood – Show Notes
- Plot beginnings and endings and pants it all the rest of the way
- Word count spreadsheet – 1000 words per day
- Obsessive about edits
- Satisfies the canine overlords before she begins a writing session
- Dark and weird genre – on the edges of horror
- Themes – loss and death and love – various aspects of being human- twisted fairytales and folklore
- Perceptions of horror writers
- ‘Reading a lot. Writing a lot.’
- The benefits of working with a good editor
- Writing in the middle of the night – inspired by HP Lovecraft
- Michelle Paver, Jason Arnop, Paul Tremblay, Joe Hill, Katrina Ward, Andrew Michael Hurley, Nathan Ballingrud, Priya Sharma, Angela Slatter, Graham Joyce
- Mistletoe – ghost stories at Christmas – MR James, Victorian times – folklore and history of the plant and the season
- Historical research
- Cottingley faeries and changelings
‘Plot beginnings and endings and pants it all the rest of the way.’
‘People back away when I say I’m a horror writer.’
