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#HistFicThursdays - Lost Landscapes - Ravenser Odd

 Be honest, who does not  love the stories of Atlantis or Brigadoon or any other disappearing and disappeared world? World mysteries have always fascinated me, wondering what people imagined from these lost communities and - even more so - what they wanted them to be and represent. The Destruction of Ravenser Odd I stumbled across the history of Ravenser Odd entirely by chance. But what a chance! Here was a setting for a story, one which was almost Biblical in its existence and destruction. Unlike Dunwich, which gradually succumbed to the sea, Ravenser Odd was swallowed in a very short space of time, the final straw coming in The Great Drowning of Men  on Saint Marcellus' Day 1362. As well as this, the town was in the Humber, an area with which I was very familiar, having lived in Barrow-upon-Humber for ten years and being an alumnus of Hull University. Could there be a better setting for a historical fiction tale which was to be laced with horror? Well, I didn't think so. The
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#HistFicThursdays - Gearing up to this Year's Big Event - #HistFicMay

 After the fabulous fun and friendship of last year's #HistFicMay, I have decided to run the risk of doing it again! I'm sure that this year will be even better than last year! So here's your heads-up of what you can expect from this year's online historical fiction event!

I will be looking out for posts on BluSky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, and I can't wait to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new friends too! Just like last year, every day will have a prompt. You can schedule posts or post them on the day. You can use pictures or use the #HistFicMay prompt image instead. Really, you can post anything which links to the prompt!

And speaking of prompts, here they are:

  1. Introduce yourself
  2. Introduce your writing
  3. Which writer(s) most inspire(s) you?
  4. Favourite quote from your writing
  5. Introduce your MC
  6. You take your MC to dinner - what do you talk about?
  7. Self-destructing hero of redeemable villain?
  8. Who (if anyone) is your MC based on?
  9. Would you give your MC a prequel/sequel? Why?
  10. What's your favourite #HistFic book?
  11. The last sentence you wrote
  12. What's your setting and why did you choose it?
  13. If you could time travel, when/where would you go?
  14. Which (if any) real events feature in your book?
  15. What aspect of your setting do you most struggle with?
  16. Do you prefer books set in the time you write about or others?
  17. Share your favourite research book
  18. Best description you've written
  19. What does you writing space look like?
  20. What's the top piece on your story's playlist?
  21. Who will your book be dedicated to? Why?
  22. What's the best feedback/review you've ever had?
  23. How do you advertise your book?
  24. What's the next #HistFic book on your TBR pile?
  25. Favourite quote from history
  26. Tell your story in Emojis
  27. With an unlimited budget, what's your book launch look like?
  28. What's the honest tagline for your book?
  29. Which scene (if any) have you written multiple times?
  30. In a perfect world, who narrates your audiobook?
  31. Spill the beans! What's the last word/line of your book?

Every Monday is a #MondayMusings prompt, and every Tuesday is a #TuesdayTruths prompt, all the others are mixed in with each other!

So, choose a colour scheme which works best for you, and let's have some #HistFic fun!





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