#071: Laura Kendrick – A Master's degree in Creative Writing, fan fiction, and being authentically you.

Activated Authors

English - January 22, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 55.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Previous Episode: #070: Paul Michael Anderson – Writing moral murkiness, making short stories work, and prioritizing life.

Next Episode: #072: Jenna Greene – Writing YA, the art of balance, and podcasting to complement your writing.

Laura Kendrick is a Manchester based multi genre author with a love of the strange and unusual.

After years of putting off publishing properly (and one slightly failed attempt in 2018), in 2021 she hopes to finally unleash her madness on the world.

This year will see the release of the swashbuckling fantasy adventure novels The Silverdeer Chronicles 1 & 2, plus a dystopian YA novel called Collarless.

She is in the process of getting her Masters in Creative Writing and starting a podcast with fellow author Samantha Frost.

Alongside writing she is the proud owner of a small menagerie and the complete collection of Diagnosis Murder Episodes and Diagnosis Murder Books.

In this episode we go deep into:

Laura's writing journey so far…
Studying Creative Writing (MA)
First experiments in self-publishing
Current projects
What Laura learned writing her first novel
Using movies as inspiration
Fan fiction
Handling criticism
Being authentically you
NaNoWriMo Bootcamp
Writing communities
The Ma’am Aight Queens podcast

Find out more about Laura:

https://www.laurakendrick.com/

https://www.instagram.com/betterlatethannovel/

Links from the show:

The Ma’am Aight Queens podcast - https://linktr.ee/themaamaightqueens

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Collaboration for Authors: https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLn

Special thanks to:

Intro vocals: Persephone Rose