A Reading Life, A Writing Life, with Sally Bayley
Haunted
Jul 13, 2023
In this episode, Sally reads extracts from her forthcoming book The Green Lady, a literary coming of age story. She explores haunting characters and the significance of keeping notebooks to capture them. The author reflects on maternal figures in her life and contemplates her own aging as a writer. Conversations about ghosts and compressed spaces are discussed, highlighting the importance of containing creativity.
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- Characters from the upcoming book 'The Green Lady' continue to haunt the writer, reflecting on the importance of keeping things nice and smooth.
- The writer explores the power of containment in creativity, comparing their own compression to Miss Edith Cole's confined living situation and highlighting the usefulness of poetry and hymns in shaping words within a limited space.
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The Haunting Power of Writing
Writers are haunted by their characters and collect ghosts in their notebooks. The characters from the upcoming book, 'The Green Lady,' continue to haunt the writer, especially Miss Skull, a character from a previous book. The writer reflects on Miss Skull's habits and the importance of keeping things nice and smooth. The writer also discusses the inspiration behind 'The Green Lady,' a story about a child's search for an artistic way of seeing the world, influenced by her teachers and maternal figures. The Green Lady is portrayed as a kindly ghost, a muse, and a spirit of place.
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