Getting Storyshaped With Aislinn O'Loughlin

This week we're welcoming the fantastic Aislinn O'Loughlin to the podcast, where we talk about things like: how it feels to be a published author in your teens; how having a writer for a parent helps you to deal with the inevitable rejection that comes from making writing your career (and how marvellous it is to have a creative parent to help Storyshape you as you grow up); how having a love for drama can help you to shape your own stories, and how Terry Pratchett is responsible for her marriage. Tune in and come with us on a ramble through Aislinn's Storyshaped life!

Find Aislinn's book online via her publisher: https://www.littleisland.ie/products/big-bad-me

Follow Aislinn on Twitter: www.twitter.com/AshiLockie

Books mentioned in this episode include Aislinn's own:

Cinderella's Fella, illustrated by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

A Right Royal Pain, illustrated by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

Fionn the Cool

Shak and the Beanstalk

Big Bad Me (Little Island Books, 2022)

And the books which Storyshaped her include:

The Fairytales of the Brothers Grimm

The Fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen

Matilda, by Roald Dahl

Mort, by Terry Pratchett

The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde

The Princess Bride, by William Goldman

Carrie, and Misery, by Stephen King

Harrow Lake, and Wicked Little Deeds, by Cat Ellis

The work of Cynthia Murphy, Kathryn Foxfield, Amy McCaw, and Naomi Gibson

The Haunting of Tyrese Walker, by JP Rose

Crater Lake, by Jennifer Killick

Our podcast bookshop in Ireland is Halfway Up the Stairs: www.halfwayupthestairs.ie

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