We Need More Mary Wollstonecraft with Samantha Silva

Art In Fiction

23-05-2023 • 50 mins

Join me as I chat with Samantha Silva, author of Love and Fury and Mr. Dickens and His Carol.

Highlights:

  • Origins of Love and Fury
  • Why Mary Wollstonecraft--her life, her writing, and her ongoing contribution as the "first feminist"
  • Structuring Love and Fury - the use of ten plot points
  • Sense and sensibility in Love and Fury
  • Mary Wollstonecraft's long road back into public consciousness a hundred years after her death
  • Reading from Love and Fury
  • Finding moments as metaphors when writing historical fiction
  • Writing history and writing historical fiction -- what are the differences?
  • Origins of Mr. Dickens and His Carol
  • Charles Dickens--rock star of his age
  • Screenwriting vs novel writing
  • Advice for new authors

Press Play now & be sure to check out Love and Fury and Mr. Dickens and His Carolon Art In Fiction.

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Music Credit

Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson

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