Emmacox

Emmacox, 11 days ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub Introduce yourself and/or update us on your writing journey since your last intro

I’m Emma. A Cornish writer who enjoys sea swimming so much I should be a mermaid. 🧜‍♀️

I’ve almost completed my 2nd draft of Guesthouse For The Lost And Found, a portal fantasy heavy on folklore and fairytales with a bit of murder mystery thrown in and wrapped up with humour.

If you like Discworld or Rivers of London, you might enjoy my writing.

Emmacox, 13 days ago to history

#WritersCoffeeClub What other hashtags inspire you on Mastodon or similar?

I recommend you check out #Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe

#History, #folklore and #nature inspires me and my creative outlets.

#Writing and other creative tags are useful once you filter out those who are only using Mastodon for promotion and never engage with other people. I have no trouble muting words and people to make my feed interesting and inspiring.

I’m sad CWs are rarely used here anymore.

Emmacox, 16 days ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub Do you have advice for other authors that you haven't heard from different sources?

To those considering writing, and those writers having one of those days where you’re wondering why you’re even bothering,

Do you want to be the type of human who is driven by consumption through destruction of our beautiful world?

Or do you want to be the person who created something new, to be shared with others, from the signature of your very existence?

Emmacox, 25 days ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub Do you agree with Hillary Mantell, who said the best qualities for writing are self-confidence and arrogance?

No. I get the impression from traditional publishers that the best qualities for writing are:

• already be extremely famous
• find a good ghost writer.

Mantell’s words fit any profession. You need a thick skin and self belief in order to keep putting yourself out there until you make it.

Personally, I’d say the best qualities for writing are dedication and practice.

Emmacox, 26 days ago to writing

No writing today. But I did have a good think as to what some of my characters are getting up to off page.

The scenes might not be critical enough to make the book, but they’re still important and I need to know what’s going on.

#WritingCommunity #Writing

Emmacox, 29 days ago to random

I do like my character, Lavinia.

‘Is that a Caravaggio?’ I asked. (I mean, it was a better conversation opener between captive and captor compared to such classics as “Where am I?” and, “Who are you?” or everyones top favourite, “You’ll never get away with this!”).

Emmacox, 1 month ago to random

You just know the people who believe in the current crop of conspiracy theories are the descendants of those people who labelled a woman as a witch and blamed her for cursing their crop/livestock/causing bad weather etc.

Emmacox, 1 month ago to folklore

Chûn Quoit, Cornwall

The best preserved dolmen in west Cornwall. Dates from the early. Neolithic period.

Probably used as a repository for the bones of the dead and as a place where the living could honour and/or seek guidance from the dead. Considering it’s mushroom-like appearance, maybe there was some psychedelic trance work happening? 😄

The term quoit comes the folklore that these ancient monuments were made by giants playing quoits.

#StandingStoneSunday #Folklore #History #Cornwall

Emmacox, 1 month ago to random

I need to work on my worldbuilding. I feel my fantasy settings are less like Rivendell and more like Ankh Morpork. But I need to put more meat on the bones.

Emmacox, 1 month ago to random

I’ve heard of #dogsatpollingstations but anyone else brought a dinosaur to theirs?

Emmacox, 1 month ago to folklore

“Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!”

Tonight’s film choice.

#MayDay #Beltane #Folklore #Film

Emmacox, 1 month ago to random

An author I enjoy and miss terribly. He had a better understanding of the world than most.

#GNUTerryPratchett #SpeakHisName

Emmacox, 1 month ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub Change one word in the first sentence of a famous novel to change its meaning.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a penis-shaped rocketship.

Emmacox, 1 month ago to books

I enjoy it when someone recommends to me a book which heavily influenced them at certain impressionable points in their lives. I like the raw, vulnerable closeness you can feel towards the person through the words of the author.

#AmReading #Reading #Writing #WritingCommunity

Emmacox, 1 month ago to history

Lanyon Quoit - a poorly restored Neolithic tomb

Folklore suggests it acted as King Arthur’s dining table before his final battle. He must have needed some bloody high barstools if that was the case. Because up until the early 19th century, you could ride through it on horseback without ducking. Its current inauthentic and shorter stature is due to its botched restoration by the Navy after a lightning strike.

#StandingStoneSunday #History #Folklore #Nature #Writing #Neolithic #Cornwall

Emmacox, 2 months ago to random

This is wrong on so many levels. Reviving a zombie law so the patriarchy can control women’s bodies.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68774959

Emmacox, 2 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub A poem describing you as a writer.

WRITE! WRITE!
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!
WRITE! WRITE!
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!
TEA!
WRITE! WRITE!
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!
WRITE! WRITE!
WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!

(My great-grandmother was the poet. My standard is akin to Baldric’s).

Emmacox, 2 months ago to tv

#WritersCoffeeClub In your opinion, name a book, movie or #TV show where the ending spoils the story.

Lost.

Completely failed to tie up the majority of the big questions and gave us that weak stream of piss of an ending instead.

It put me off investing my time in future multi series tv shows. The first series is usually good, then they get progressively weaker until it becomes a cash cow serving only the diehard fans.

Emmacox, 2 months ago to random

A swim day. March is usually the coldest month for sea temps. #SilentSunday

Emmacox, 3 months ago to random

'What have you been doing today?'

'Oh, I twisted my ankle falling into an old Cornish copper mine shaft. Then a tiny, cold hand grabbed mine. It was a Knocker, and now they're leading me deeper under the rocks to their home. I hope there's tea and sandwiches.'

(Telling people what you're writing about in your story as if it's actually happened is much more entertaining).

Emmacox, 3 months ago to random

Listening to the pigeons and I'm always reminded how my grandfather used to think they were mockingly saying to him, 'You're hopeless. You're hopeless. You're hopeless.'

Then Mr Cox said, I need to train my brain to think they're actually telling me, 'You're gorgeous. You're gorgeous. You're gorgeous.' 😆

Emmacox, 3 months ago to nature

Mr Cox has just started a channel for his lifelong bonsai hobby. If you’re into miniature trees, gardening or fancy a bit of slow telly, I invite you to take a look and maybe subscribe.

(Plus I helped with the filming and would equally love for you all to watch it. 😄)

#Nature #Bonsai #Mosstodon #Gardening #Trees #ThickTrunkTuesday

https://youtu.be/hCsySBuJ_UQ?feature=shared

Emmacox, 3 months ago to writing

I needed a walk on my local beach. I’ve been stuck indoors writing about made up things for too many days.

#Writing #Selfcare #nature

Emmacox, 3 months ago to writing

I’ve been so focused on my WIP that I almost forgot I need to write this month’s newsletter.

It would also be grand to gain a few more subscribers.

Join if you like:

• Me! (I try to be a good person 🙂)
• My #writing (mostly #fantasy)
• Writing tips and tricks
• #Art and #photography (my other #creative outlets)
• #Walking (our definition of a “short” walk will differ)
• #Cornwall (in all its beauty and weirdness).
• #History and #folklore

https://emcox.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Emmacox, 3 months ago to random

Carn Euny Fogou.

A storage area? A place of refuge? Ritual?

What do you think?

#Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday #SilentSunday