Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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I told you it was epic. Totting up spellcheck results, it appears Light of the World has at least 188 named characters….

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Posted on September 23, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Can queer authors write straight characters?

photo: Lambda Literary A few weeks ago I did one of those ten-questions-by-email roundup interviews (with Gena Hymowech) for Lambda Literary on…

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Posted on November 8, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

wanting to go after my subconscious with a knife

From: Barbara (in a comment to this post) So where did Julia’s name come from? She’s hardly a secondary character. And Victoria…

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Posted on April 26, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

naming characters

From: Donna When naming your characters, do you give any thought to the actual meaning or do they just come to you?…

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Posted on April 24, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

adapting to being Other/submarine

From: Sue Have you seen this? I read Slow River for the first time in 1996, when I worked at a feminist/progressive…

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Posted on October 20, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

developing characters

From: Janine As a science teacher, I find it extremely interesting that I’ve surrounded myself with writers. I have friends who write…

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Posted on August 4, 2008 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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