Season 6 · Episode 19
Hannah Kingsley: Soul Hate and Battling Your Fate
Where in all the fantasy worlds is the best place to meet your fate?
Mythmakers · Brian Boyd
January 9, 202539m 50s
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Show Notes
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">How does one come up with an original idea for a fantasy story? Hannah Kingsley in her debut novel Soul Hate (due to come out in February 2025) has taken the trope of the ‘soul mate’ and asked the question: 'what if...you had a soul hate?'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">Join us on today’s episode of Mythmakers as she discusses with Julia Golding the origins of her story and the importance of giving her heroine a job that she felt passionately about. Hannah, being a gifted artist herself, is crafting special editions of the novel with custom spray-painted edges – you’ll want to hear how she came to develop this part of her creativity!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">For more information about Hannah's incredible art visit <a href="https://www.kingdombookdesigns.com">https://www.kingdombookdesigns.com</a> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">0:10 Introduction to Mythmakers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">3:05 Soul Hate and Fated Lovers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">8:54 Crafting Strong Female Characters</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">12:13 Politics in Fantasy Worlds</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">14:28 Exploring Love Triangles</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">17:28 Real-World Parallels of Soul Hate</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">19:57 The Writing Process</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">22:18 Modern Vocabulary in Fantasy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">26:20 The Role of Artisans</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">34:03 Fate in Fantasy Worlds</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;">36:01 Humor in Fantasy Settings</span></p>