My Superpower: Rhiannon Held
My Superpower is a regular guest column on the Skiffy and Fanty blog where authors and creators tell us about one weird skill, neat trick, highly specialized cybernetic upgrade, or other superpower they have, and how it helped (or hindered!) their creative process as they built their project. Today we welcome Rhiannon Held to talk about how the power of Metaphor relates to Reflected. ———————————- I am proud to say that my superpower is the power of METAPHOR. I’ve had it all my life, but never realized it until I started writing and learned to nurture my metaphor in a conscious way to make my novels richer. My newest book, Reflected, has metaphor on a number of different levels, and I’m continually grateful that’s the superpower I received when such things were being handed out. Now, to forestall the few pedants and people eager to prove they were paying attention in junior high English out there, I’m going to talk about metaphor in a large, umbrella sense. When it comes down to sentence structure, there is indeed a terminology difference between saying “My heart is a lump of coal” and “My heart is like a lump of coal.” The former’s a metaphor, and the latter’s a simile.
148. Rhiannon Held (a.k.a. The Beastmaster) — Tarnished (An Interview + Giveaway!)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode148InterviewWRhiannonHeld/SandF%20–%20Episode%20148%20–%20Interview%20w%20Rhiannon%20Held.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWerewolves, anthropology, and pack sociology, oh my! Rhiannon Held joins us again to talk about her new book, Tarnished (sequel to Silver, which we interviewed her about here). We dig into the growing wealth of anthropological and sociological information about her werewolf “universe,” urban fantasy and urban fantasy series, writing, and so much more. We hope you enjoy the episode! To make things interesting, we’ve got an extra copy of Tarnished up for grabs! All you have to do is leave a comment below. I will ship the book anywhere (though tossing in $3 would be nice for international folks). Leave a comment! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 148 — Download (MP3) Intro and Discussion (0:00 – 1:23:12) Rhiannon’s Website Check out Rhiannon’s books! They are awesome! You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible. Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
#SkiffyandFanty Episode 103 — An Interview w/ Rhiannon Held (a.k.a. the Beastmaster)
http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow103seasonThree–AnInterviewWRhiannonHeld_789/Sandf–Episode103–InterviewWRhiannonHeld.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSRhiannon Held, author of Silver, an urban fantasy novel, joins us to talk about werewolf mythology, her unique take on werewolf culture in a very real “today,” her writing life, and other fascinating topics. Plus, Jen lets us know about her family’s odd conspiracy theories involving ranches and werewolves. Don’t ask. You’ll just have to listen to get the full story! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 103 — Download (MP3) Intro and Interview (0:00 – 58:52) Rhiannon’s Website Buy Rhiannon’s book! It’s good. You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible. Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
