Author Archives: Theodora Goss

I wanted to title this post “How to Be Fascinating,” but there isn’t enough space on the sidebar for a title that long. I’ve been very lucky, as a writer and scholar, to be able to meet so many fascinating … Continue reading →

I’m writing the novel. Not a novel, but this particular novel. Or should I say that I’m learning how to write a novel? This novel. I find it very difficult to talk, or write, about writing the novel. So why … Continue reading →

I’ve been writing down my dreams. Or trying to, because of course dreams start to slip away as soon as you wake up. The reason I’ve been writing them down is that I’ve been reading books on myths and fairy … Continue reading →

I love meeting artists. I love meeting writers too, of course. I travel a lot, and everywhere I go, I try to meet other writers. Whatever our backgrounds, we immediately have a common language: of wordcount, royalty payments, and more … Continue reading →

On my last day in London, I went to a lecture on graveyards and then walked around the Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington. Here is me in the cemetery: (Is there a difference between cemeteries and graveyards? I’m guessing … Continue reading →

This blog post is really about how differently men and women can perceive certain things, but I didn’t think that would make a very good title. And Bluebeard does come into it, as you’ll see. Some time ago, a friend … Continue reading →

I haven’t posted for a long time. In the Preface to Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth famously writes, “I have said that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility: the emotion is … Continue reading →