Apr 27 2023 37 mins
Join me as I chat with Finola Austin, author of the award-winning debut novel Brontë's Mistress.
Highlights:
- Origins of Brontë's Mistress
- Investigating Lydia Robinson, rumored to have had an affair with Branwell Brontë, the n'er-do-well brother of the famous Brontë sisters
- Inspiration from Mrs. Gaskell's biography of Charlotte Brontë
- Contrast between Lydia Robinson and the typical Brontë heroine
- Using Reddit for inspiration
- Shades of gray in Lydia Robinson, the main character of Brontë's Mistress
- Bad sex scenes--why we need more of them
- Reading from Brontë's Mistress
- Turning real characters into fictional ones--challenges & issues
- Lydia Robinson & Charlotte Brontë - not a good mix
- One thing learning from writing Brontë's Mistress
- Advice for new authors
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Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson
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