<description>&lt;p&gt;Francesca Segal is the author of Welcome to Glorious Tuga and Island Calling, the first two novels in a trilogy about the delightful fictional island of Tuga De Oro in the South Atlantic. Francesca talks with me about fictional world building, the deliberate choice to create a refuge and a community, not without challenges but incredibly hopeful as well as the influence of 19th century literature on the novels, and the joys and challenges of writing interconnected books. We also talk about Francesca's 2019 memoir Mothership, still one of the most incredible accounts of early motherhood I have ever read. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;links&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781529918793" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Welcome to Glorious Tuga - Francesca Segal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781784745400" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Island Calling - Francesca Segal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781784709464" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Mothership - Francesca Segal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pennywincerwrites.com/the-fold" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;The Fold membership for writers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This series of the podcast is sponsored by award winning audio book app &lt;a href="https://xigxag.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;xigxag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listeners of Not Too Busy To Write can receive their second book FREE &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To redeem, download the xigxag app from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/xigxag-audiobooks-but-better/id1499273469" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;App Store&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.xigxag.xigxagplayer&amp;amp;hl=en_GB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Google Play&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go to My xigxag/Settings, then click on Account.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Under Vouchers, click on the ‘Enter code’ button and add your voucher code TOOBUSY&amp;nbsp;to your account.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After your first purchase, your second title will be free!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Not Too Busy To Write

Penny Wincer

Francesca Segal on creating hope in fictional worlds

DEC 10, 202542 MIN
Not Too Busy To Write

Francesca Segal on creating hope in fictional worlds

DEC 10, 202542 MIN

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Francesca Segal is the author of Welcome to Glorious Tuga and Island Calling, the first two novels in a trilogy about the delightful fictional island of Tuga De Oro in the South Atlantic. Francesca talks with me about fictional world building, the deliberate choice to create a refuge and a community, not without challenges but incredibly hopeful as well as the influence of 19th century literature on the novels, and the joys and challenges of writing interconnected books. We also talk about Francesca's 2019 memoir Mothership, still one of the most incredible accounts of early motherhood I have ever read. linksWelcome to Glorious Tuga - Francesca SegalIsland Calling - Francesca SegalMothership - Francesca SegalThe Fold membership for writersThis series of the podcast is sponsored by award winning audio book app xigxagListeners of Not Too Busy To Write can receive their second book FREE To redeem, download the xigxag app from the App Store or Google Play. Go to My xigxag/Settings, then click on Account. Under Vouchers, click on the ‘Enter code’ button and add your voucher code TOOBUSY to your account. After your first purchase, your second title will be free!