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New Blog Post is out now! What Motivates your character?
#blog #writer #storytelling #subscribe #blogger
https://www.thedrawingdesk.com/post/unlocking-the-heart-of-the-story-understanding-character-motivations

Unlocking the Heart of the Story: Understanding Character Motivations

Greetings, fellow storytellers, creators, and literary motivators! Ever think of what motivates a character? Today, I want to go diving deep into one of the most vital elements of storytelling: character motivations.
The Drawing Desk
#storytelling #blog #blogger #writer #subscribe

It ain't a Halloween gig until someone boycotts the storytelling for religious reasons... 🎃

#storytelling #storyteller #Halloween
#storytelling #halloween #storyteller

We were #storytelling today ‘the #HighgateVampire. This is proper outdoor storytelling with a bit of a cosy but scary vibe with a seated audience (not a guided walk)
George sang black sabbath and the theme from Rosemarys baby.
Vanessa and George standing in front of an audience seated on a tarpaulin in an autumnal park
A far away shot just Vanessa mid story and the audience in a faintly sinister looking corner of the park . They
#storytelling #HighgateVampire

🎶 Down down down the road, down the witches' road... 🎶

#storytelling #storyteller #Halloween #witch #aesthetic #image
Photo from stage, only showing the bottom part of the microphone stand and my legs. I am wearing yellow tights, dark red lace-up boots and a black skirt with Halloween motifs all over it.
#storytelling #image #halloween #storyteller #witch #aesthetic

I'm excited to share that I'll be a featured storyteller at the next Bike Story Night, hosted this time at #Austin Public Library.

Hear me and others tell #cycling stories, Nov 13, starting at 7:27pm at Austin Public Library, 710 West Cesar Chavez Street.

RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bike-story-night-at-austin-public-library-tickets-1022035675217

#storytelling #Texas #BikeTooter #journalism
Flyer for Bike Story Night at Austin Public Library. The logo is a bicycle with a microphone attached to the rear wheel which also has a yellow crescent moon inside it. The cord of the microphone becomes the road the bicycle is riding on. A city of Austin and Austin Public Library logos are also present, as is an image of Toad from Frog & Toad riding a bicycle loaded with books. This is the logo of the APL Reading Riders. Event date: Wednesday, Nov 13 from 7:27pm until 10pm at Austin Public Library, 710 W Cesar Chavez St. All ages. ADA accommodation, call 512 974 7400

Bike Story Night at Austin Public Library

Connect, share some laughs, and be inspired by Bike Stories
Eventbrite
#journalism #storytelling #Cycling #texas #BikeTooter #austin

Even deeper in the lunar mythology rabbit hole:

There are ancient Greek sources that claim that the Fair Helen came from the Moon.
According to them, Moon people were fifteen times larger than us and laid eggs instead of giving birth. And since Helen came from an egg, she had to be a Moon woman.

Please readjust your Iliad retellings to include an 80-foot tall lunar Helen accordingly.

#mythology #GreekMythology #storytelling
#storytelling #mythology #greekmythology

I am preparing for the next MythOff, and I am way down the rabbit hole about Greek and Roman sources that claim that the Nemean Lion was created by Hera and raised on the Moon. Basically, it was an artificial monster designed to defeat Heracles, transported from the Moon to Earth in a specific way.

Also now I am reading articles about Ancient Greek ideas about the Moon's flora and fauna.

I love mythology.

#mythology #MythOff #storytelling #GreekMythology
#storytelling #mythology #greekmythology #mythoff

When I was putting together my "Forgotten Greek and Roman Myths" manuscript, I was constantly told that it is not a sellable concept for a book - because "people want to read their favorite myths", and not unkown ones.

Now the reviews are trickling in, and every reviewer highlights how exciting it is to find unknown myths about the well-known gods and heroes.

🤷‍♀️

(Still looking for an English language publisher, btw.)

#mythology #books #bookstodon #storytelling #writing #publishing
#publishing #writing #books #bookstodon #storytelling #mythology

Today is looking up :D Shooting promo videos for social media for the mythology book. At the Pompeii Café in Budapest :)

I drank like 5 cups of latte during the shoot.

I can see the gods now.

#mythology #books #bookstodon #storytelling #coffee #image
Me (woman in her thirties, red hair, glasses) sitting in the corner of a café, drinking a cup of latte. The coffee table has a mosaic theme, and there is Horatius quote on the wall behind me. My book, The Silent Goddess: Forgotten Greek and Roman myths, is on the coffee table. The cover is blue, with art featuring a goddess surrounded by stars. I am wearing a white and blue Roman outfit and a blue hairband.
#books #bookstodon #coffee #storytelling #mythology #image

#KAOS is cancelled by Netflix after one season.

Honestly, I didn't like it, although it had some good storylines. But also, I know it was popular, so it's once again a promising show being cut for... whatever reason.

I am sick and tired of streaming sites being full of unfinished stories.

As a storyteller, I don't think this trend is good for our collective mental health.

#Netflix #streaming #TV #PopCulture #storytelling #media #mythology
#storytelling #tv #mythology #media #streaming #netflix #popculture #kaos

New blog post:
Folktales for Election Time

There are many elections happening around the world, so I thought it was timely to collect some folktales on the topic. They can be used to spark discussions on leadership, democracy, choices, and social responsibility.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/10/folktales-for-election-time.html

#election #elections #election2024 #politics #folklore #folktales #storytelling #leadership
#elections #election #politics #folklore #storytelling #folktales #leadership #Election2024

Hello Transylvania! Starting my week-long #storytelling tour organized by the Holnemvolt Storytelling Festival in Sepsiszentgyörgy. I love returning to this part of the world. People are warm and friendly, the audiences are lively and amazing, and the scenery is gorgeous. 🥰

#Transylvania #Székelyföld #storyteller #travel #image #Romania
Scenic photo of green fields, low wooded hills, and tall mountains in the backdrop with their peaks covered in clouds. A fence and hay bales are visible in the field.
#travel #romania #storytelling #image #storyteller #transylvania #szekelyfold

Had a "spin the globe" gig today. I love doing this #storytelling program: kids get to spin, and wherever they point, I tell a story from that place (or in case of the oceans, about that place). It was great fun, and the (elementary school) kids were super enthralled by the spinning globe, finding countries, asking questions.
I am just proud that I could remember all the stories (out of 206) they chose 😅😅

#folklore #folktales #school

#folklore #storytelling #folktales #school

Wrote a blog post about my most recent research adventure, trying to track down animal species mentioned in a folktale. It was a wild ride, and I learned a lot about why it is woth doing your homework on animal tales.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2024/09/girl-in-chair-storyteller-and-bateleur.html

#folklore #folktales #nature #animals #storytelling #birds
#Nature #animals #folklore #storytelling #folktales #birds

19th century British folktale translators be like

*Native bird name* = Pidgeon
*Native songbird name* = Blackbird
*Native raptor name* = Eagle
*Native antelope name* = Deer
*Native name for jackal* = Clever Fox
*Native name for any feline* = Tiger

🤦‍♀️

#folklore #folktales #storytelling #translation
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #translation

Today in #MinCup24 Corundum gets the storytelling vote. I have recently done a whole two-hour program on just folktales and legends about corundum (sapphires and rubies).

You can find many of the stories on my blog:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/p/gemstone-folklore.html

#storytelling #geology #folklore #folktales
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #geology #mincup24

This feeling never gets old 🥰 My new book is out in the world today! The Mute Goddess: Forgotten Greek and Roman Myths. And yes, it has that new book smell!

I am very excited, and very nervous. I put my heart and soul into researching these myths. Maybe because I am an archaeologist, but this one makes me more nervous about what people will think than any of my previous books 😬

#mythology #MythologyMonday #storytelling #archaeology #Classics #bookstodon
Photo of me (white woman, 30s, long red hair, glasses, blue eyes, sparkly makeup, toothy smile), holding a book with a blue cover, decorated with constellations and the stylized image of a Greek goddess with long flowing hair. Title (in Hungarian) reads The Mute Goddess: Forgotten Greek and Roman Myths.
#bookstodon #storytelling #mythologymonday #mythology #classics #archaeology

For today's round of #MinCup24 the storytelling vote goes to copper 😄

It features into some of my favorite folktales and legends:

- The City of Brass (1001 Nights), where djinn are captured in copper vessels and adventurers explore a magical city

- The Copper Forest, a Hungarian folktale where one of the stereotypical three princesses is actually in love with the enemy king, and finds a way to marry him in the end

#folklore #folktales #storytelling #minerals
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #minerals #mincup24

I am remembering the time I got dogpiled on the birb site for asking why people insist on romanticizing Hades and Persephone.

If I did another thesis, I would write it on the internet popularity of this couple, and the underlying cultural and psychological reasons... 😄

It continues to baffle and fascinate me that this is the ship people chose as their favorite.

#Kaos #mythology #romance #storytelling
#romance #storytelling #mythology #kaos

Africa is both the most diverse and the most generic continent.

#StorytellingPSA #storytelling #folktales #folklore #books
#books #folklore #storytelling #folktales #storytellingpsa

#StorytellingPSA

If you source the folktales in your book as "Aboriginal", "Native American" or - my personal favorite - "African", you immediately tell me that you have done zero research on any of them.

Do better.

#storytelling #folktales #folklore #books
#books #folklore #storytelling #folktales #storytellingpsa

Today's folklore research WTF:

The Russian tale "Prince Ivan, the Firebird, and the Grey Wolf" has been translated to English in the 19th century by Edith Hodgetts as

"The Grey Wolf and the Golden Cassowary"

And now I can't not imagine the prince trying to wrangle

A damn FLYING CASSOWARY

(This is why you double check translations, people)

😬 😆

#folklore #folktales #storytelling #animals #birds #nature #FolktaleMoment
#Nature #animals #folklore #storytelling #folktales #birds #folktalemoment

My favorite moment from the Bengali epic of the Snake Goddess so far:

A king pissess off the goddess by destroying her altar, so she sends an army of snakes against him. Surrounded by serpents he flees into a haystack to hide - and comes face to face with a chameleon.

The chameleon just shakes its head, and the king breaks down crying. That was the last straw.

Such a fun moment. 🐍🐍🐍🦎

😄

#epics #WomensEpics #folklore #storytelling
#folklore #storytelling #epics #womensepics

The epic I am currently reading described a horny god's state of mind as "a welter of prurient thoughts"

And I am now thinking this could be a great title for... something?

What would you use this phrase for?

😄😄

#epics #WomensEpics #language #storytelling
#storytelling #language #epics #womensepics

Looks like my next folktale collection is going to be about misunderstood animals 🥰😊 What are your favorite misunderstood, misrepresented, or underappreciated animals?

#nature #animals #folklore #folktales #AmWriting #storytelling
#Nature #animals #folklore #storytelling #folktales #amwriting

Alright, since many of you asked so excitedly :)

#WomensEpics I have read so far:

Shirin Mama (Sibe people) - warrior girl defeats bandits and rescues orphaned children, becoming a goddess

Chandravati's Ramayana (Bengal) - 16th century retelling from Sita's perspective

Ochi-Bala (Altai people) - warrior maiden fights an evil sorcerer to protect her people

I'm currently reading The Tale of Princess Fatima - an Arabic epic about a warrior woman

#epics #folklore #women #storytelling
#folklore #storytelling #Women #epics #womensepics

#storytelling #epics #folklore #women

Errrm, list for others please?
#folklore #storytelling #Women #epics

The book I'm reading compared poetic inserts in Arab epics to actors is musicals breaking into song at emotional moments.

People just keep inventing the same things over and over 😄

#storytelling #poetry #epics #musicals
#storytelling #Poetry #musicals #epics

So, the #InternetArchive is down. With it, the Wayback Machine. And Open Library.

I am here chasing an obscure Philippine epic with a female protagonist published as an MA thesis in the 1970s and referenced in a book from the 1980s not available anywhere.

I know this is a very niche problem to have.

But it hurts.

#storytelling #research #folklore
#research #InternetArchive #folklore #storytelling

The Welsh storytellers had a surprise for us at last night's gala dinner at the end of the storytelling conference 😄 Some were more baffled than others.

#Wales #Welsh #folklore #tradition #FEST2024 #storytelling #storyteller
A Mari Lwyd (a horse skull decorated with flowers and ribbons, carried as a puppet by a person covered with a cloak) walked by one of the event organizers on a leash with bells through the dining room, to the great surprise of attending guests.
#Wales #folklore #storytelling #welsh #tradition #fest2024 #storyteller

First day of the FEST storytelling conference was great! Attended two workshops on environmental storytelling: one on wolves (Dougie Mackay) and one on environmental literacy (Cara Silversmith), and an amazing "provocation" presentation on diversity in the European storytelling community (by Aoife O'Connor and Peter Chand). In the evening I heard Stephe Harrop tell her Queens of Albion story and it was powerful ❤️

#storytelling #storytellers #FEST2024 #Glasgow #nature #representation
#Nature #glasgow #storytelling #storytellers #representation #fest2024

Heading to Glasgow for the FEST (Federation for European Storytelling) conference! 😊😊 First time in Glasgow, second time in Scotland. I have been looking forward to returning!!
(Also there are at least 7 Hungarian storytellers on this plane)

#storytelling #traveling #Scotland #Glasgow
#glasgow #storytelling #scotland #traveling

Yesterday was Night of the Museums in Hungary. All museums open all night with many different events and programs. It's one of my favorite things.

I was at the ELTE Museum of Natural Sciences first, in the Mineral Collection. I told folktales and legends related to Corundum (mineral of the year 2024). First to kids, then adults.

Then I was at the Polaris Observatory telling legends about the Northern Lights.

Full house each time, and great fun 😊 ❤️
#storytelling #folktales #museums #astronomy
#storytelling #folktales #museums #astronomy

We (the NGO I work for) put a survey on FB about adults who read folktales / fairy tales.

It's getting a bunch of trolls.
How is THIS a post getting the trolls?!

"Adults should read literature, not infantile gibberish."

"Tales for adults are called fantasy fiction. Or the news."

"Doesn't this organization do anything else but stories?"

What. The. Hell.

#WTF #folklore #folktales #reading #storytelling
#reading #folklore #WTF #storytelling #folktales

You know the dilemma folktale type where four men create a woman? Carpenter carves her, tailor dresses her, jeweler makes her jewelry, scholar brings her to life. And then they fight about who gets to marry her.

Well I just found a Tamil version where the woman dumps all four of them, saying they should care about her own qualities, and not bicker about who did what for her.

And then she goes to the king and requests a proper husband.

Win.

#folklore #folktales #feminist #storytelling
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #feminist

I was telling a folktale about a prince who likes to wear red leather boots (and in the end he is identified by them, Cinderella style). And the entire time I couldn't help but picture Kinky Boots... 😂 😅

#folktales #folklore #storytelling #KinkyPrince
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #kinkyprince

Revisiting Franz Xaver von Schönwerth's Bavarian folktale collection (contemporaneous with the Grimms). It has a number of tales where fairies or elves help girls who have gotten pregnant out of wedlock.

Sometimes folklore is surprisingly kind.

#folklore #folktales #fairies #storytelling #Germany #Bavaria
#germany #folklore #storytelling #folktales #bavaria #fairies

I am searching for folktales for a summer camp where kids can learn about various professions. Including movie stunts.

Does Siegfried count as a stunt man when he takes his friend's place in the duel with Brünhilde? 😆

#folklore #storytelling #folktales #stunts
#folklore #storytelling #folktales #stunts

First flight trip since the kid. Going to Brussels for a gig. Flight anxiety is real 😬😬 But yay travel 😄

#travel #anxiety #storytelling
#travel #anxiety #storytelling

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