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How to choose locations to boost your story!

December 12, 2016 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

Where you set your story is just as important as what happens in it. So let's look at how to choose locations to boost the world-building of your story!

Knowing how to choose locations is the easiest way to ensure the success of your world-building. After all, writers often spend a great deal of their time concentrating on developing authentic dialogue. They need fleshed out, 3-dimensional characters. And they spend hours creating a coherent plot, contained within a sensible structure. But what about setting and location? […]

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9 important tasks to make a living with your writing

November 21, 2016 by Icy Sedgwick 8 Comments

If you want to make a living with your writing then you need a particular mindset. Here are 9 things you need to think about to get you on the right path!

It’s only natural to want to make a living with your writing. But it’s also incredibly difficult! After all, you’ll be competing with thousands of other authors. And with readers trained to expect books for free, you might think it’s an uphill struggle. But writers like JF Penn prove that it is possible. I went to her workshop […]

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Cinematic Influences of the Magic Born Series

July 8, 2014 by Icy Sedgwick Leave a Comment

Everyone knows I’m a massive fan of Sonya Clark, and I reviewed her latest release, Witchlight, two days ago. I’m very pleased to be able to welcome her to the Cabinet of Curiosities today, to talk about cinematic influences of the Magic Born series! Take it away, Sonya! Books and film may be different mediums, but […]

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Who is Icy Sedgwick?

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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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