Artwork

Content provided by Dan Simpson. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dan Simpson or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

Lara Prior-Palmer, author of 'Rough Magic' - Memoir writer talks winning the Mongol Derby, always fixing sentences and free-flowing words.

43:09
 
Share
 

Manage episode 237954227 series 1617511
Content provided by Dan Simpson. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dan Simpson or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

At age 19, unsure about what to do before starting university, Lara Prior-Palmer absent-mindedly applied for the Mongol Derby, a multi-horse race that rides 1,000 km through Mongolian grassland. She won it.


Her book 'Rough Magic' is a poetic, twisting, wonderful account of the race, and is written unlike many other memoirs. It's been critically acclaimed, sold hugely well and took Lara 5 years to write. We talk about why she felt the need to get the adventure down on paper, how it initially came really easy to her, and why she is still analysing how she wrote even now.


You can hear about poetry, characterisation and being a free-spirit. Also, there's a top writing tip from a British Book Award winning crime-author.


If you can, chuck us a few dollars every month over at patreon.com/writersroutine.


@writerspod

writersroutine.com



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

308 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 237954227 series 1617511
Content provided by Dan Simpson. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dan Simpson or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

At age 19, unsure about what to do before starting university, Lara Prior-Palmer absent-mindedly applied for the Mongol Derby, a multi-horse race that rides 1,000 km through Mongolian grassland. She won it.


Her book 'Rough Magic' is a poetic, twisting, wonderful account of the race, and is written unlike many other memoirs. It's been critically acclaimed, sold hugely well and took Lara 5 years to write. We talk about why she felt the need to get the adventure down on paper, how it initially came really easy to her, and why she is still analysing how she wrote even now.


You can hear about poetry, characterisation and being a free-spirit. Also, there's a top writing tip from a British Book Award winning crime-author.


If you can, chuck us a few dollars every month over at patreon.com/writersroutine.


@writerspod

writersroutine.com



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

308 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Quick Reference Guide