Tonight we put the spotlight on Mollie Russell, whose poem ‘Echolalia: Researching the Frankenstein Stage Play’ is published in issue 10 of Lucent Dreaming. You can watch and listen to the author read the piece on YouTube. So, what inspired your piece ‘Echolalia: Researching the Frankenstein Stage Play’’? Can you tell us a little more about what it’s about? The
“I’m at a stage where I feel really confident in both my crafts but learning is always a journey and I just want to keep riding that bus.”
“I got into writing through doing fanfiction. I loved other people’s and books so much I wanted to continue exploring them, and when I’d done that for a bit I thought it would be cool to try and write my own stuff.”
“I had never read a contemporary poem, and I was stunned. “You can do this with language?” I thought, and went to the library to take out a stack of contemporary poetry. Soon after I began writing.”
“The story’s opening sentence (“It wasn’t until the eve of her thirtieth birthday that Louise learned she had died as a young girl.”) came in a kind of flash and dug into me.”
There is no time limit and you always need to remember the pencil you pick up is your voice from your heart and the paper is somebody who is always ready to listen. When you have done that, you release multiple bags of happiness and feel lighter.
This week the spotlight is on Rachel Cleverly, whose piece ‘Past Bedtime’ is published in issue 7 of Lucent Dreaming. So, what inspired your piece ‘Past Bedtime‘? Can you tell us a little more about what it’s about? I wrote ‘Past Bedtime’ a couple of years ago. Unusually for me, I had an idea of the form before I had
PRESS RELEASE Lucent Dreaming will be Wales’ first funded book and magazine publisher led by and employing two full-time editors of colour. Cardiff-based publisher Lucent Dreaming launched the first edition of its volunteer-run creative writing magazine for new and emerging authors in April 2018, and has since published 10 issues. Lucent Dreaming will be in receipt of £40,000 from Books
Ellen Huang, whose story ‘Fellow Possessions’ is published in issue 9 of Lucent Dreaming, is an ace writer of fairy tales published/forthcoming in Gingerbread House, Enchanted Conversation, Sword & Kettle Press, horse egg, Lumiere Review, Moonchild Magazine, and Wretched Creations, among others. She holds a BA in Writing + Theatre minor from Point Loma Nazarene University and reads for Whale
Ryan Shane Lopez, whose story ‘Two Sons’ appears in Lucent Dreaming Issue 9, is a teacher with an MFA in fiction from Texas State University. His writing has appeared in numerous magazines, including Hypnopomp, Deep Overstock, Porter House Review, Lunate, Fudoki, Patheos, and The Bookends Review. He lives in Texas with his wife and their two daughters. So, what inspired
