GBA 339 Lucy Ayrton

Summary: In GBA 339 we get even better acquainted with Lucy. She talks about the process of creating her debut novel One More Chance; the writing process, getting it published and promoting it. She also talks about how skills picked up performing in spoken word Edinburgh Fringe shows have helped with all this, her journey as a writer and novelist, her interest in stories about mermaids, and lots of other things. One More Chance is "Perfect for those who love gripping, contemporary, voice-driven drama and contemporary commercial women's fiction and suspense with an unusual edge." Lucy plugs: One More Chance:Trade Paperback/Digital/Audiobook: https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780349700212 https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-More-Chance-Lucy-Ayrton/dp/0349700214 Dialogue Books: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/18/sharmaine-lovegrove-if-you-dont-have-diverse-workforce-wont-exist-dialogue-books-interview https://www.thebookseller.com/news/lovegrove-lead-new-inclusive-lbbg-imprint-dialogue-books-551496 https://twitter.com/dialoguebooks I plug: Mansplaining Masculinity: The Book https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-family-tree/id1113714688 We mention: Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Getting Better Acquainted: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-69-lucy (this happened 6 years ago not 4 as Lucy said, maybe more than that tbh, we were both very different people then!) Lullabies to make your children cry: http://sabotagereviews.com/2013/07/01/lullabies-to-make-your-children-cry-by-lucy-ayrton/ The Splitting of the Mermaid: http://sabotagereviews.com/2014/07/25/the-splitting-of-the-mermaid-by-lucy-ayrton/ Hannah Gadsby: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/16/hannah-gadsby-trauma-comedy-nanette-standup-netflix Nanette: https://www.netflix.com/title/80233611 Ben Aaronovich: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Aaronovitch Marian Keyes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Keyes 50 Shades of Grey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Shades_of_Grey Brothers in Blood: https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780349700281 Dispatches - Syria's Disappeared: http://www.hddocumentary.com/channel-4-dispatches-syrias-disappeared-the-case-against-assad-2017/ We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062654618/we-crossed-a-bridge-and-it-trembled/ The Surface Breaks: a reimagining of The Little Mermaid by Louise O'Neill: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Surface-Breaks-reimagining-Little-Mermaid/dp/1407185535 The Little Mermaid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid Hans Christian Andersen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen Atargatis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atargatis The Mermaids and Mrs Hancock: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mermaid-Hancock-Imogen-Hermes-Gowar/dp/1911215728 Oxford Shrunken Heads: https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/shrunkenheads Huntarian Museum: https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/hunterian-museum/ Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!