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8 things Mummy did in Paris

July 24, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

If you’ve been following me on Instagram, or you’re friends with me on Facebook, you’ll have seen a string of photos from my recent trip to Paris. Among them, you’ll have seen a collection of images that I’ve tagged #mummyselfie, as they feature my little crochet mummy that I made a few weeks ago. I’ve […]

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Meet my Main Character

July 15, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

I’ve been tagged in the Meet my Main Character blog tour by Rebecca Clare Smith, so I’ve decided I’ll join in the fun. Here are the rules: The taggee must write a post answering the same seven questions about their MC (main character). Then the taggee becomes the tagger and chooses five other authors. I […]

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Mary King’s Close: Exploring the Underground City for real!

July 14, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick 1 Comment

Mary King’s Close is a fascinating attraction in Edinburgh, and while I’ve never been much of a fan of the paranormal TV series Most Haunted, I did watch a ten year old episode at the weekend purely because the team were in the Close! I visited the Close myself in March 2012, and it inspired the narrow closes […]

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#FridayFlash – The Necromancer General

April 18, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick 22 Comments

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Magical Systems in Fiction

April 17, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick 1 Comment

Here we are, back at my own blog for the final post in my tour to promote The Necromancer’s Apprentice. This week, I’ve also been talking about the beauty of novellas on David Shrock’s blog, the importance of visuals on Katherine Hajer’s blog, and all about the mummies on Larry Kollar’s blog. Today we’re back […]

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Halfway through my Blog Tour

April 12, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

I’ve been happily promoting The Necromancer’s Apprentice since it came out a month ago, which has been easy to do after reading the lovely reviews it’s had so far! I’ve also been posting Friday flash stories set in the world of the novella for the past few weeks, to give you a taste of the […]

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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!

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