Beth Underdown

Using this woodland goat I photographed today to let you know that the GOAT historical fiction writing course, taught by me for @faberacademy.bsky.social, has new dates available to book from today! Run don’t walk. Or do whatever goats do. Scamper?

More info here: faberacademy.com/product/writ...

Just went from feeling grey to great 🥰

NEW EVENT!

Join us in Stockport on Thurs 27th March for a deligtfully dark and macabre evening celebrating the release of two brilliant new horror novels - Susan Barker's OLD SOUL & @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social's THE LAMB! Susan & Lucy will be discussing their work with @bethunderdown.bsky.social

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Die hard fan, but still snorted

Goals

Joined @societyofauthors.bsky.social and rejoined @historia-hwa.bsky.social which had lapsed because I want to be more connected to other authors next year 💚

Great post ⬇️

My friend and mentor @bethunderdown.bsky.social is teaching a historical fiction course for Faber in January 🤩 snap up these places!

Really! That’s so funny! Did you do English?

I think you’re very much not alone there! Essentially I guess it does just take longer than stuff that can be made up fully. But I find that the research gives me ideas I wouldn’t have had alone, which helps make the time invested feel reasonable

Thank you Katie!

If you like the flavour of this, there are still a few spots on the online historical fiction course I’ll be teaching in January! Could make a good Christmas present, or present-to-self? If you have questions about it, feel free to message me!

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Hello! I wrote a little something for the @faberacademy.bsky.social site on how to go about writing historical fiction! If you’re a historical fiction writer, I’d love to hear which bits of this resonate for you:
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So looking forward to this book!

AS IF you get to be taught by both these powerhouses at once

**Black UK PhD students**

This is the programme you want! It is all the bells and whistles, full fees and stipend, any subject, industrial experience offered, 50 other Black scholars already on board and administrated in an environment of care.

**Tell everyone**

Writing tip: Kill your darlings. Bake them in a pie and serve it to your editor at a grand dinner. When she compliments the chef, say, "Oh, do you like it? Aren't you curious about what meat it is?" and empty a sack onto the table. It is your darlings' decapitated heads!

Hello, Bluesky! 👋
We’re thrilled to join this vibrant community and continue championing incredible stories, authors, and ideas in this exciting new space. 🎉

Thanks! I’ll check it out

Riches!!

There’s probably loads of good examples but my brain refuses to produce them

Fiction readers, a little help?

What are books that switch POV, each POV telling the next bit of the same story/plot but none of the POVs recurring (except maybe one)?

I’m thinking like Mrs Dalloway, although even then really the different POVs are telling different stories…

Reposts appreciated!

This is a great alternative to muting loud posters 😂

Still reeling from this announcement yesterday: my debut short story collection Monstrous Longing has made the Edge Hill Prize shortlist!!

Huge congrats to the other shortlisted writers, and thanks as always to my powerhouse indie publisher Farhana Shaikh of Dahlia Books 🦍💚

Never been prouder of my friend @afahynes.bsky.social and her wonderful MONSTROUS LONGING 💚🩷💚

I’d love to be added!

And we love you, and your work 💚

Sounds weird, but to a degree I can make myself get some perspective by recognising that I’ve been around long enough now to see various people’s stars rise and fall. And however dented I am, I’M STILL HERE