Today we’re sharing an interview with novelist, short story writer and award winning audio drama script writer, Emily Inkpen.

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If you’d like to see a video version of this interview you can find it on the Alternative Stories YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@alternativestoriesandfaker6885


You can find out more about Emily Inkpen and her work by visiting her website
here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/

Find out more about The Dex Legacy here
https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-home


Find out more about the Fantasy and Sci Fi Spotlight event which will be held on 29th September at the Nerdy Cafe in Shrewsbury here https://www.fantasyandscifispotlight.co.uk/

And find out about and book onto Alternative Stories workshops with Emily and Chris here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alternative-stories-32973233175

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for which we’ll share a link in our show notes. If you’d like to back our season 3 kickstarter you’ll also find a link in our show notes or you can go to kickstarter .com and search “The Dex Legacy

To find out more about Emily and her world of writing , directing and teaching you can visit her website here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/about

To follow Emily on social media please kick the links below

https://twitter.com/emilyinkpen

https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/

https://www.threads.net/@emilyinkpen

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In this edition we chat with author Lyndsey Croal about her new and acclaimed short fiction collection “Limelight”, We are also joined by Limelight’s publisher Alan Lastufka from Shortwave Publishing for a conversation about the topics covered in the collection, Lyndsey’s writing and inspiration and the world of indie publishing. The podcast includes excerpts from Limelight.

If you would like to learn more about Lyndsey Croal you can visit her website https://lyndseycroal.co.uk/ Here you can order copies of Lyndsey’s books and subscribe to her newsletter

You can also follow Lyndsey on social media

https://twitter.com/writerlynds

https://www.instagram.com/lyndseycroal/

To find out more about Shortwave Publishing and their work visit their website here

https://shortwavepublishing.com/

You can follow Shortwave on social media

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https://www.instagram.com/shortwavebooks/

The stories featured in today’s podcast are copyright Lyndsey Croal and may not be reproduced in whole or part without the author’s permission.

The dramatised version of “A Ring Around” starred Tiffany Clare as Elara + Dina and Emily Inkpen as Sage. It was co-directed and recorded by Tiffany and Emily with sound design and music by Chris Gregory.

The readings were by Chris Gregory and Lyndsey Croal

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Join us next time for an interview with the writer of the Dex Legacy Emily Inkpen.

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In this bonus episode we have an interview with the writer of our audio drama Winter Spring, Dr Rachel Knightley. Rachel talks with co-director Emily Inkpen about the inspiration for her story and the joy of bringing it to life in the studio.

This interview was recorded at Orpheus Studio in London by Richard Campbell.

If you would like to find out more about Rachel Knightley and her writing coaching organisation The Writers’ Gym please go to https://www.writersgym.com/

You can follow Rachel on X at https://twitter.com/DrRKnightley

And on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/drrachelknightley/

You may also enjoy The Writers’ Gym Podcast in which Rachel, Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory have weekly conversations about writing topics. You can listen here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-writers-gym-podcast/id1674424465

Or by searching “the writers gym” wherever you listen to podcasts.

If you would like to find out more about Alternative Stories and our work you can visit our website here https://alternativestories.com/
Or contact us via office@alternativestories.com

And if you would like to find out more about and support The Dex Legacy Season 3 Kickstarter please go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/emilyinkpen/the-dex-legacy-science-fiction-audio-drama-season-3

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