#052: V Castro – Boosting marginalized voices, word counts during lockdown, and writing in the horror genre.

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English - September 10, 2020 23:01 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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V Castro is a Mexican American writer originally from Texas who now resides in the UK. She is the author of Maria the Wanted, Hairspray and Switchblades, along with the other upcoming horror titles: Goddess of Filth, Queen of the Cicadas and Mestiza Blood (all coming soon).

Recently, during lockdown, V co-founded Fright Girl Summer: an online book festival to promote women in horror with an emphasis on women from marginalized communities.

In this episode we go deep into:

How lockdown and current events have affected V’s creativity
The writing of V’s first book, Maria the Wanted
Writing without a plan
Hopping between projects
Why V writes horror
Writing in the erotic horror subgenre
On writing what you wants to read
Cultivating a diverse reading list
Fright Girl Summer
Writing short stories for submission calls
Playing with genre tropes
Writing to music
Using dreams as inspiration for stories
Editing an anthology and boosting other authors
V’s approach to social media

Find out more about V:

https://www.vvcastro.com/

https://twitter.com/vlatinalondon

https://www.instagram.com/vlatinalondon/

Links from the show:

https://www.frightgirlsummer.com/

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