Why We Must Write What We Don't Know
This week in the Cold, we're talking about the noble art of writing way outside of our experience. "Write what you know" is not bad advice for a beginning writer. It gives us a place to start that's f...
19 Apr 202116min
Eye of the Beholder: Beauty in Myths, Fairytales, and Great Stories
This week in the Cold, we talk about beauty. The way it shapes how we view the world and how it can alter our perceptions for good or ill. The role beauty plays in how we write or interpret a story an...
12 Apr 202117min
Wander with Me
Whether we wander in our backyards or neighborhoods, or wander all over the world, wandering is an important prerequisite for any creative person. It juices us, opens the doors to the made-up worlds t...
9 Apr 202117min
The Bone Church: Real and Imagined
Last time in the Cold, we talked about where we write and how the places where we compose our stories help us create worlds that a reader can experience with all of their senses. How our various talis...
5 Apr 202111min
Where We Write and Create
Today in the Cold, we're talking about how the spaces we occupy when we endeavor to write or create affect our work, and inspire our imaginations. Place is very important to me. I like to surround mys...
1 Apr 202116min
Welcome to The Cold
I'm Victoria Dougherty, fiction and essay writer, blogger, collector of family lore. And I want to welcome you into the Cold. Cold is the way revenge is best served; the way a war was fought; the way ...
29 Mars 20218min
