Lyndsey Croal: World building inspired by Scottish Folklore recorded live at Cymera 2025

Thank you for listening to the Writing Worlds Podcast with Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory.   In this episode, recorded live at the Cymera Festival in Edinburgh we speak to speculative fiction writer Lyndsey Croal about her approaches to world building in her short fiction, novels and audio drama.   We would like to thank Lyndsey Croal for being our guest on this episode, Ann Landmann and her team at Cymera for hosting us and our live audience for playing along with the games and general silliness during the recording.  You can read a transcript of this episode here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ahQ2AP1UtFZkjoYx0woJMOeWvjID6lAT/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115587715767862763681&rtpof=true&sd=true   To find out more about Lyndsey Croal and her work please go to https://linktr.ee/lyndseycroal  You can follow Lyndsey on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/lyndseycroal/ And BlueSky here https://bsky.app/profile/lyndseycroal.bsky.social   Find out about the Cymera Festival here https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/   In this episode we heard from audience member Lindsey Stirling and you can find out more about Lindsey and her books by visiting her website here. https://lindseystirling.uk/   Writing Worlds is created and presented by Emily Inkpen and Chris Gregory of the audio production company Alternative Stories   Find out more about Emily and her work by visiting her website here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/ Listen to The Dex Legacy and Wasteland, Emily’s award-winning audio drama series here https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-home/ And follow Emily on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/ And Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/emilyinkpen.bsky.social   Find out more about Chris Gregory and Alternative Stories here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories Follow them on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/ And Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.social   If you would like to get in touch with the show to recommend a guest for a future episode or to book a Writing Worlds live show for your convention or literary event please contact us via [e-mail]   Writing Worlds is free to listen to but not free to make.  If you would like to support the show and receive our eternal gratitude you can do so via this link  https://ko-fi.com/alternativestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices