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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 … Continue reading Gaelic vs Gaeilge
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 … Continue reading Clockpunk
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 … Continue reading Sentence Craft
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, … Continue reading Decopunk
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 … Continue reading Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar – Day 12, Pocket Prompts
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 … Continue reading Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar – Day 1
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 … Continue reading 6 Christmas Reads to Get You in the Mood