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Fierce – Book Cover Design Process

Every book cover to come from Cupán Fae goes through a similar design process that begins with an examination of what the book is about. In the case of Fierce, our latest anthology, we were looking at hope. Finding ‘hope’ in the book cover The book covers for the Fierce Anthologies all share a few […]

Paul Carroll 1 year ago27th October 2021

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Why Hopepunk?

Today marks the publication of Fierce: A Hopepunk Anthology. Way back in early 2020, Cupán Fae was preparing to publish two anthologies. At the time, we didn’t expect Covid-19 to effectively shut the world, and we weren’t prepared for the fallout it would have on how we operated as a group. In the time since […]

Paul Carroll 2 years ago29th September 2021

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Gaelic vs Gaeilge

By Quinn Clancy There’s a strange and all too common occurrence for Irish readers when they’ve picked up a lot of urban fantasy. They’ll be enjoying the book, fascinated by the various takes on mythology and fantastical spirits when suddenly they’ll come to a part where an Irish creature or person will start speaking their […]

Paul Carroll 2 years ago24th September 2021

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Clockpunk

By Ellen Brickley Leonardo da Vinci was punk. Bear with me. He was born outside of wedlock and received little formal schooling. Apprenticed to master painter Verrocchio, legend has it that the master laid down his paintbrush when he saw how well Leonardo had painted the robes of an angel in The Baptism of Christ […]

Paul Carroll 2 years ago24th September 2021

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Sentence Craft

By Quinn Clancy I love talking about craft; structures, beats, tips, and tools. I can bore the best of people with my talk about it, but I’ve been advised that probably isn’t the best way to make friends. So I’ve been advised to try blogs to let it all out. Today I want to bring […]

Paul Carroll 2 years ago24th September 2021

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Decopunk

By Ellen Brickley Decopunk is one of the more glittery punk genres, inspired by the technological innovation and decadence of the interwar period of the twentieth century. Some writers consider Decopunk a subset of Dieselpunk, which focuses on the same time period but deals with the heavier tech of locomotives, early air travel, machine guns, […]

Paul Carroll 2 years ago24th September 2021

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Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar – Day 12, Pocket Prompts

Time for some shameless self-promotion! In October, I launched a new product, called Pocket Prompts – writing prompts and creative thinking tools to help stories develop and blossom. A deck comes with 25 double-sided cards, providing a total of 50 prompts across three categories: Character, Plot and Setting. For the sake of creating something that […]

Paul Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

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Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar – Day 1

Christmas is practically around the corner. Many of us spent the last month taking part in NaNoWriMo, so we’re looking forward to winding down for a while. Not one to go quietly into the night, we’ve assembled an advent calendar of blog posts and short stories to count down the days. We have a ton […]

Paul Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

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6 Christmas Reads to Get You in the Mood

With Christmas right around the corner, I turned to the Cupán Fae Facebook group to ask for recommendations of books to read to get in the mood for the upcoming holiday. With a couple to throw in myself, here are six Christmas reads! 1. Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett IT’S THE NIGHT BEFORE HOGSWATCH AND IT’S […]

Paul Carroll 4 years ago