In this podcast Livia Llewellyn talks about Furnace, childhood dreams, managing distractions, and much more.

About Livia Llewellyn

Livia Llewellyn is an award-winning writer of horror, dark fantasy and erotica, whose fiction has appeared in ChiZine, Subterranean, Apex Magazine, Postscripts, Nightmare Magazine, as well as numerous anthologies. Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors received a 2011 Shirley Jackson Award nomination for Best Collection, “Omphalos received a 2011 SJA for Best Novelette, and “Furnace” received a 2013 SJA nomination for Best Short Fiction. Her latest collection, Furnace, won This Is Horror’s ‘Short Story Collection of the Year’ in 2016.

Show notes

[03:05] Childhood dreams
[12:10] Dealing with traumatic college experiences
[14:00] Method acting to create characters
[15:45] Starting point for stories
[16:35] Lysette, via Patreon, asks about contributing to Dunham Manors Playhouse series, growing up in Alaska and Pacific Northwest, and characters inhabiting landscapes
[26:55] Proving worth to yourself
[30:00] Ordering short story collections and choosing the right opening and closing stories
[36:00] Current writing playlist
[48:25] Experiences working as a secretary that have helped shaped Livia as a writer
[51:45] Daily habits and rituals
[53:25] Discipline and managing distraction

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