Lesley McKenna

Writer of dark fantasy, weird and horror fiction. Obsessed with myth, and ancient history. Also a (prose) poet. Looking for representation.

[Lesley McKenna @ceris57]

#PitDark #A #DF #PNH

Crossings: Ellie, a writer who dies in an accident leaving 3 unpublished Dark Fantasy novellas on her laptop. Gemma, her best friend, reads them and is sucked into a world of horror, vengeance, death & metamorphosis. Multi-POV portmanteau novel.

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@sivori I have my main groceries delivered because I Iive a long way from any proper shops and don’t drive. I do try to get public transport when I can.

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@ariellcacciola Great! Looking forward to submitting my novel, Crossings, to you. A mix of a story of contemporary loss, grief and haunting, combined with Victorian Gothic horror and post WWI cosmic horror.

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@EyesShutTeacher I do. I loved them!

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@adamkvonende @LolOverruled I think it’s more misery porn tbh.

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@rebeckoning @LolOverruled Hard agree!

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@jaden_powell @LolOverruled Yeah. I only finished it so I could have a proper discussion about it with my daughter who loved it. After many ‘discussions’ about it we’ve agreed to disagree. But I loathe it.

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@MemorialAddress @LolOverruled True. Trouble is, in my opinion, it IS a bad piece of ‘literature’. Misery porn at its worst and at least 300 pages too long because the author apparently refused to edit it.

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@lettuceatcakes @LolOverruled I’ve struggled with those things and felt no connection with Jude whatsoever. I absolutely hated his character.

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@adamkvonende @big_sister @LolOverruled No. Just this book!

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@LolOverruled I agree. I hated that book with a fiery passion. Misery porn at its worst.

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@brclothwrites Life is a cacophony.

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@klhicks912 Both. I started writing in my teens, got a first class hons degree in creative writing and a masters in my 40s, then went on to teach creative writing students. Now retired and still writing.

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@PatricProAuthor Y’es 😀😀😀

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@paulmasonnews Misogyny has already entered mainstream politics. Never really went anywhere.

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@raeleaverrahman Yes, although we’ve always known that Jilly Cooper is in fact Jolly Super!

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@raeleaverrahman Yeah. I guess I’ll get used to it, but I do find it off putting, and it diminishes his sex appeal for me. Although of course he’s a reprehensible cad!

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@raeleaverrahman Yes. It’s very privileged upper middle class, Tory sensibility, but then I believe that’s Jilly Cooper’s viewpoint too. I’ve read the book numerous times in the past, and really enjoyed them, but don’t know if I would now. Probably would tbh, but would certainly question it more.

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@mannyball_ Two things can be true at once. People can care about both, and do.