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Lyndsey Croal: World building inspired by Scottish Folklore recorded live at Cymera 2025
Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with
Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.
In this episode, recorded live at the Cymera Festival in
Edinburgh we speak to speculative fiction writer Lyndsey Croal about her approaches to world building in her short fiction, novels and audio drama.
We would like to thank Lyndsey Croal for being our guest on
this episode, Ann Landmann and her team at Cymera for hosting us and our live audience for playing along with the games and general silliness during the recording.
You can read a transcript of this episode here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ahQ2AP1UtFZkjoYx0woJMOeWvjID6lAT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115587715767862763681&rtpof=true&sd=true
To find out more about Lyndsey Croal and her work please go
to https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
You can follow Lyndsey on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/lyndseycroal/
And BlueSky here https://bsky.app/profile/lyndseycroal.bsky.social
Find out about the Cymera Festival here https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/
In this episode we heard from audience member Lindsey
Stirling and you can find out more about Lindsey and her books by visiting her website here. https://lindseystirling.uk/
Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and
Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative Stories
Find out more about Emily and her work by visiting her
website here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/
Listen to The Dex Legacy and Wasteland, Emily’s award-winning
audio drama series here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-home/
And follow Emily on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/
And Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/emilyinkpen.bsky.social
Find out more about Chris Gregory and Alternative Stories
here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories
Follow them on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/
And Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.social
If you would like to get in touch with the show to recommend
a guest for a future episode or to book a Writing Worlds live show for your
convention or literary event please contact us via [email protected]
Writing Worlds is free to listen to but not free to
make. If you would like to support the show
and receive our eternal gratitude you can do so via this link https://ko-fi.com/alternativestories
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By Alternative StoriesThank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with
Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.
In this episode, recorded live at the Cymera Festival in
Edinburgh we speak to speculative fiction writer Lyndsey Croal about her approaches to world building in her short fiction, novels and audio drama.
We would like to thank Lyndsey Croal for being our guest on
this episode, Ann Landmann and her team at Cymera for hosting us and our live audience for playing along with the games and general silliness during the recording.
You can read a transcript of this episode here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ahQ2AP1UtFZkjoYx0woJMOeWvjID6lAT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115587715767862763681&rtpof=true&sd=true
To find out more about Lyndsey Croal and her work please go
to https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
You can follow Lyndsey on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/lyndseycroal/
And BlueSky here https://bsky.app/profile/lyndseycroal.bsky.social
Find out about the Cymera Festival here https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/
In this episode we heard from audience member Lindsey
Stirling and you can find out more about Lindsey and her books by visiting her website here. https://lindseystirling.uk/
Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and
Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative Stories
Find out more about Emily and her work by visiting her
website here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/
Listen to The Dex Legacy and Wasteland, Emily’s award-winning
audio drama series here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-home/
And follow Emily on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/
And Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/emilyinkpen.bsky.social
Find out more about Chris Gregory and Alternative Stories
here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories
Follow them on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/
And Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.social
If you would like to get in touch with the show to recommend
a guest for a future episode or to book a Writing Worlds live show for your
convention or literary event please contact us via [email protected]
Writing Worlds is free to listen to but not free to
make. If you would like to support the show
and receive our eternal gratitude you can do so via this link https://ko-fi.com/alternativestories
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices