Today we’re talking to our friend Toby Frost about his new Dark Fantasy novel “Up to the Throne”, and what it’s like taking the step into the brave new world of writing dark fantasy.
Hi Toby. Your new book, Up to the Throne,is now available for pre-order. What’s it about?
It’s about a woman who returns to the city-state where she grew up to take revenge on the criminal who scarred her and left her to die. Once, she was a petty criminal, but now she’s a seasoned thief-catcher and bounty hunter. However, he is no longer a mere gang leader but a powerful politician with his eyes on the throne. He will be extremely hard to kill – and if our heroine does take him out, something even worse will take his place.
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It’s finally here! After months of writing, reading, revisions, commenting, re-revising, hoping and repeated checking of emails, the shortlisted plays of the Little Wonder Radio Plays Competition 2018 will be receive a public reading this Sunday. After the reading, the audience will vote on their favourite piece, and their votes will be combined with judges scoring to choose the winner- announced on New Years Eve. Full details of the reading are below – good luck to all or shortlisted writers!
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Today I’m lucky to be able to share an interview with author and playwright Kai Maristed. An experienced reviewer and critic, her short stories have been published in many of the magazines of note and she has taught writing in the US. In this interview, we talked about her latest project – translating Wedekind’s controversial Lulu Plays into English – and how working in different languages and mediums changes the way that you write.
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Our latest play is live, Battle of the Bards by the 3rd century BC Greek playwright Theocritus. A shepherd and a goatherd go to war over a stolen goatskin the way the Greeks new best: in song! But hang on! Little Wonder is mostly about spaceships, right? What are we doing in 300 BC? Click on “more” to find out what we learned from recording the Battle of the Bards.
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I am delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2018 Little Wonder Radio Play Competition is as follows:
Driverless by Annie Fox
Final Goodbye by Steven Lancefield
Gladiator by Stephanie Weston
Less than Three by Tom Kinney
The Adventures of a Gay Man: Birth of a Hero by Kris Thompson
Warmest congratulations to all our shortlistees, and to everyone on the longlist who worked so hard to revise and improve their work. We were blown away not only by the overall quality, but the quality of response to our feedback and the effort you all put in to improve. I sincerely hope to see more work from all of you in the future.
On 16th December all 5 listed pieces will be read and recorded before a public audience, who will then vote for a winner. Their votes will be combined with those of our judges, and the final winner will be announced on New Year’s Eve.
I have already been in touch with one or two people who didn’t make it this far, and you may yet receive and email from me about your work. If you were on the longlist and would like some feedback, please get in touch and I’ll come back to you as soon as I can. And whether we speak again or not, please, please remember what an awesome achievement it is to complete a play, submit it (very scary), and have it considered and appreciated by judges. You’re all heroes.
