Season 5 · Episode 19
Who's your Robin Hood: T.K. Hall & 'Shadow of the Wolf'
Where in all the fantasy worlds is the best place to be Robin Hood?
Mythmakers · Brian Boyd
July 11, 202444m 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;">Which was your first Robin?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;">Today on Mythmakers, Julia Golding speaks with author T.K. Hall about Robin Hood and how this tale has changed with the centuries. We take our cue from the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring where Galadriel says 'History became legend. Legend became myth.' Do all Robin stories fall somewhere along that line?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;">Tim has offered, in his version, a mythic Robin connected to the wild wood. Listen in to find out how the story was inspired by a trip up the Amazon, as Julia and Tim discuss just how difficult is it to write a big fantasy trilogy. Tim will take us through his struggles since the first book was published in 2014 – as we know, writing isn't easy! We’ll end on a lighter note by discussing where Robin Hood might best fit in another fantasy world. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;">For more information on Shadow of the Wolf and its sequels, Dark Fire and Wildwood Rising, visit Tim's website at </span><a href="https://tkhallauthor.com/"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;">https://tkhallauthor.com/</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;"> and sign up for his newsletter at </span><a href="https://tkhallauthor.substack.com/"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;">https://tkhallauthor.substack.com/</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif;"> </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;">0:00 Introduction to Mythmakers Podcast</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;">0:53 Tim's First Encounters with Robin Hood</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;">15:31 Tim's Struggles with the Second Book</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;">16:47 Challenges of Writing a Trilogy</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;">24:41 Influence of Greek Myths on Transformation</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;">26:37 Robin's Transformation and Relationship with Nature</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;">32:18 Handling Violence in the Story</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;">33:56 Tim's Approach to Planning the Trilogy</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;">35:48 David Fickling's Writing Wisdom</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;">37:17 Learning to Allow Words to Flow</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;">38:21 Publication Dates for Parts Two and Three</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;">41:11 Imagining Robin Hood in Other Fantasy Worlds</span></p>